• Home
  • Anti-Corruption
  • Fact-Check
  • Economy
  • National
  • Security
  • Features
  • State
  • Event
  • E-Book
Search
  • Home
  • About
  • Adverts
  • Contact
Sign in
Welcome! Log into your account
Forgot your password? Get help
Password recovery
Recover your password
A password will be e-mailed to you.
PRNIGERIA PRNigeria News
PRNIGERIA PRNIGERIA
  • Home
  • Anti-Corruption
  • Fact-Check
  • Economy
  • National
  • Security
  • Features
  • State
  • Event
  • E-Book
Home Economy Kwara Govt, World Trade, NEPC Partner on Mass Production of Shea butter
  • Economy
  • State

Kwara Govt, World Trade, NEPC Partner on Mass Production of Shea butter

By
Taibah Baba Adams
-
November 13, 2020

Kwara Govt, World Trade, NEPC Partner on Mass Production of Shea butter

In a bid to encourage Industrialization within the nooks and crannies of Kwara State, Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq has commissioned a Sheabutter processing plant at Wozibe, a community in Kaiama Local Government Area of the State.

Speaking at the commissioning ceremony, Governor Abdulrazaq said it came at the right time when the state is assiduously synergizing with relevant stakeholders in establishing new economic projects as well as resuscitating the moribund industries in the state.

The Governor, who was represented at the occasion by the Commissioner for Enterprise, Alhaji Abdulwahab Agbaje, disclosed that the state is blessed with Shea tree and is ranked second tree populated state in Nigeria with high economic potentials in Sheabutter production.

The project, according to him, is a tripartite arrangement between the World Trade Organization, Nigerian Export Promotion Council and the host state, Kwara.

The Governor explained further that the project is intended at shifting Sheabutter processing from the local ways which is cumbersome in nature, unhygienic and time consuming to international standard.

Read Also:

  • Alleged Certificate Forgery: Why Uche Nnaji Must Resign or Get Fired Immediately
  • Pantami Foundation Graduates 250 Gombe Youths in Tech, Entrepreneurship
  • Tinubu Orders NAHCON to Reduce 2026 Hajj Fares

He also assured that the state government, in conjunction with the stakeholders, has set machinery in motion to create a conducive environment for appointing a resourceful investor to manage the Sheabutter facility in Kaiama to enhance economic development of the state.

Earlier, the Executive Director and Chief Executive of Nigerian Export Promotion Council, Mr. Segun Awolowo, who was represented by Mr. Afolabi Bello, thanked the Kwara State Government for creating enabling environment and for ensuring the completion of the project which had long been abandoned.

He said the Sheabutter factory project started in October, 2012 in the state and completed by the present administration with similar projects executed in Niger and Oyo states respectively.

Mr. Afolabi then highlighted the benefit of this laudable project which includes; Empowerment of Youths and Rural women folks along the Shea Processing Value Chain, to provide Infrastructural Facilities to the hosting community, to accelerate Government presence in the rural community, to improve non-oil export revenue and foreign exchange earnings among others.

In his remarks, the District Head of Wozibe, Alhaji Mohammed Ibn Mohammed thanked the State Government for projecting the potentials of his people to the outside World, adding that the Sheabutter factory will further serve as an opportunity to empower the youths and women in Sheabutter production.

Taibah Baba Adams
Press Secretary,
Min. of Enterprise.

VISIT OUR OTHER WEBSITES
PRNigeria.com EconomicConfidential.com PRNigeria.com/Hausa/
EmergencyDigest.com PoliticsDigest.ng TechDigest.ng
HealthDigest.ng SpokesPersonsdigest.com TeensDigest.ng
ArewaAgenda.com Hausa.ArewaAgenda.com YAShuaib.com
  • TAGS
  • Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq
  • Kwara
  • Nigerian Export Promotion Council
  • Sheabutter
  • World Trade Organization
Previous articleSAN 2020: Afam Osigwe, Mumini Jimoh, Abdul Mohd, 69 Others Become Senior Advocates
Next articleNigeria, America Lead Global Coalition against ISIS in Africa
Taibah Baba Adams
Taibah Baba Adams
http://www.PRNigeria.com

RELATED ARTICLESMORE FROM AUTHOR

Security Operatives Nab Influencers Over Defamatory Campaign Against Senator Shehu Buba

Kaduna State Governor, Uba Sani

Uba Sani Releases ₦2.3bn for Retirees and Families of Deceased Workers

NDLEA Logo

NDLEA Dismantles Cocaine Cartels Behind UK Shipments, Arrests Suspects, Destroys 25,000kg Skunk Nationwide

Kano Gov’t Investigates Alleged Diversion of N4bn Dala Inland Dry Port Funds

Troops Neutralise Terrorists, Repel Boko Haram Attack in Borno

Troops Nab Terrorists’ Logistics, Drug Suppliers in Borno

S/Arabia-Trained Graduates to Begin Forum on Sustainable Development

We Arrested 450 Terrorists, Rescued 180 Abducted Victims in One Month – Military

Over 100 Jerrycans of Petrol Seized as Police Foil Smuggling to Niger Republic

NAFDAC Seals Chinese Supermarkets, Cosmetics Shops in Abuja

NSCDC Mining marshals

Mining Marshals Arrests 5 Illegal Miners in Niger, Seize Logistics

Kano State on Display and NIPR’s Verdict on Progress

Recent Posts

  • Alleged Certificate Forgery: Why Uche Nnaji Must Resign or Get Fired Immediately
  • Pantami Foundation Graduates 250 Gombe Youths in Tech, Entrepreneurship
  • Tinubu Orders NAHCON to Reduce 2026 Hajj Fares
  • Security Operatives Nab Influencers Over Defamatory Campaign Against Senator Shehu Buba
  • Army Dislodges Bandits in Taraba Forests Under Operation Lafiya Nakowa
  • Home
  • About
  • Adverts
  • Contact
© 2020 PRNigeria. All Rights Reserved.
Latest News
Alleged Certificate Forgery: Why Uche Nnaji Must Resign or Get Fired ImmediatelyPantami Foundation Graduates 250 Gombe Youths in Tech, EntrepreneurshipTinubu Orders NAHCON to Reduce 2026 Hajj FaresSecurity Operatives Nab Influencers Over Defamatory Campaign Against Senator Shehu BubaArmy Dislodges Bandits in Taraba Forests Under Operation Lafiya NakowaHow Irabor's Book Launch Became National Security Summit as Obasanjo, Jonathan, Kukah, Sultan Spoke on Boko HaramNigerian Army Denies Losing Weapons to Bandits in Kwara OperationUba Sani Releases ₦2.3bn for Retirees and Families of Deceased WorkersGroup Urges CBN to Scrap 2% Service Charge on Hajj Fare to Reduce Pilgrimage CostNDLEA Dismantles Cocaine Cartels Behind UK Shipments, Arrests Suspects, Destroys 25,000kg Skunk NationwideKano Gov't Investigates Alleged Diversion of N4bn Dala Inland Dry Port FundsACF Warns of Alleged Plot to Cripple Dangote Refinery, Urges FG InterventionTroops Neutralise Terrorists, Repel Boko Haram Attack in BornoPHOTOS: Nigeria Customs, IMPR Bag Back-to-Back Golden World Award at IPRA 70th AnniversaryTroops Nab Terrorists’ Logistics, Drug Suppliers in Borno
X whatsapp