The Federal Government will continue to create the enabling environment to encourage more private sector investments in the agriculture sector, according to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN.
Prof Osinbajo said this during the formal commissioning of Pandagric Novum Farms, an integrated feed and food manufacturing company in Panda community, at the Karu LGA of Nasarawa.
The Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA) and Signature Agri Investments are major investors in the project.
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Urging for more private sector investments in the agriculture sector, the VP noted that the project’s commissioning was a foretaste of many possibilities and opportunities for investments, in agriculture and other sectors in the country.
“What you see today confirms that there is opportunity in Nigeria for investments in agriculture.
“While government commits to creating an enabling environment, we will look to the private sector for the investments to galvanize growth in the sector.
“We must indeed, work together to re-define agriculture for the future in Nigeria,” Osinbajo said.
While extending the warm compliments of President Muhammadu Buhari to the people of the State, the VP said Mr. President “passionately believes in the role of the country’s agriculture sector as a key driver of job creation and economic growth.”