The
Vice-President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, in Edo on Monday inaugurated the ground
breaking ceremony of the 136 million-dollar first Integrated Produce City (IPC)
in Nigeria. The project is sited at Ugbokun, near Okada in Ovia North East
Local Government Area of Edo. Represented by Gov. Adams Oshiomhole, the
vice-president said the venture would transform the lives of thousands of
people in the country. Osinbajo said that the country could not continue to
measure its price and value by the quantity of crude exported. He said, “let us
stop exporting oil as it will help us rediscover who we are.
“ The
vice-president said the government would continue to support genuine investors
to improve the living conditions of the citizenry. The Chairman of IPC, Prof.
Pat Uromi, said the project, which has Edo, Delta, Kogi, Ekiti, Anambra and
Ondo, as catchment states, would have 50 factories when completed. He said the
project would help to assist the Federal Government in transforming the economy
by generating jobs and increasing commercial activities in the catchment
states. He said the proposed city would have regional wholesale produce market
as Agro Allied Industrial Park, a Preservation Park, Export Hub and Farm inputs
as well as implement and equipment centre. He said that the project would also
have a waste conversion and disposal facility as well as other modern city
facilities. Tagged the Agric Value Chain Solution Centre, the IPC chairman said
the support infrastructure would include 24 hours electricity and water supply
as well as residential accommodation. Earlier, the Edo Commissioner for
Agriculture and Natural Resources, Mr Joe Okojie, said the project was timely
and in tandem with the Agricultural Policy of the state. He promised that the
state would provide the enabling environment for the success of the project.
The commissioner urged the management of the IPC project to keep its part of
the deal by creating all jobs promised in the proposal.
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