Philip Shaibu, deputy governor of Edo state, says Nigeria has to become a production hub to address the prevailing economic and forex crisis.<\/p>\n
Shaibu said this during the inspection of the Tingo foods processing plant site in Onicha-Ugbo, Delta state.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe only way for us to deal with the issue of forex is for us to be able to export and not just an importer of goods and services,\u201d Shaibu said.<\/p>\n
\u201cMajority of these items that we import are found locally here and this company is a way forward in terms of processing.<\/p>\n
\u201cFarm is found unattractive because of the way people perceive farmers in Nigeria especially, small scale farmers. They see them as hungry and poor, whereas, elsewhere, farmers are the richest guys.<\/p>\n
\u201cGo to Texas, farmers are the richest guys.<\/p>\n
\u201cNow we have to attract younger ones by creating incentives to attract them and we should also be able to cluster these farms and get processing companies to follow in these clusters that we are looking at.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is a welcome development and a good thing for Delta state and I also want the Delta state government to give backing in terms of infrastructure.<\/p>\n
\u201cMore companies like this springing up will help to deal with issues of food scarcity and also issues of production that we are currently not having in this country.\u201d<\/p>\n
Speaking earlier on the project, \u2060Dozy Mmobuosi, the chief executive officer (CEO) of Mmobuosi Holdings, owners of the Tingo foods processing plant, said the factory which occupies 40 hectares of land will create 12,000 direct jobs when it becomes operational in December this year.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen 12,000 people are employed in a place, you know the indirect effects. We are going to deliver phase one in December while the final phase will be completed a year later,\u201d Mmobuos said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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