Delta Agro-Industrial Park to enhance state’s agro potential development – Okowa

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By Ifeanyi Olannye

Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta says the Aboh-Ogwashi Agro-Industrial Park project in Aniocha South Local Government Area will enhance the state’s agro potential development.

The governor said this while addressing newsmen after inspecting ongoing works at the park on Thursday.

Okowa said the park would be ready for inauguration in November this year.

He said that the contracting firm had assured on the completion of the project, noting that the project was necessary to enhance development of the state’s agro potential.

Okowa added that basic infrastructure were being put in place at the park to meet completion target and that plots had been mapped out for willing industrialists to take their positions in the park.

He lauded the host community for the support and cooperation for the project “which holds a lot for mutual benefits for the community and investors.

“Let me appreciate the level of cooperation we have had with the Ogwashi-Uku community because they gave us over 180 hectares of land for the Agro-Industrial Park.

“We thought the park was necessary because of the need to help develop our agricultural potential in this state and the park is actually meant for agro-processing and we are using rice mill as the nucleus of the industrial production coming up in this place.

“But many other agro-industry processing facilities and industries are supposed to come in here and you can see that there are already mapped out commercial plots ready for allocation for companies that want to come in.

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“The basic infrastructure at the centre is already being put in place not just for the rice mills; you have service quarters, warehouses and many other things that are going to come in, including the source of power.

“The most important thing about this park is the river which means that we are able to provide irrigation services all year round from that river.

“I have drawn their attention on the need to start the road development in the park because of the rainy season that is about to set in because that’s the only set back they are likely going to have.

“The contractor has promised to deliver the project toward the end of November which means if they start the road project now, they will still have time during the break in August and in the later part of October to finish with the road project,” Okowa said.

Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta addressing the audience at the Aboh-Ogwashi Agro-Industrial Park, Aniocha South Local Government Area on Thursday.

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