Jigawa Govt. wants Chinese investors to establish farm equipment factory


 The Jigawa Government says it wants some Chinese companies that have indicated interest to invest in agriculture to establish their factories in the state.
The Commissioner for Agriculture and Natural Resources, Alhaji Kabiru Ali, made this known when he briefed newsmen in Maigatari on the visit of the Chinese investors to the state.
``Basically, what we want these Chinese to do is to establish the factory here in Jigawa so that the state will be buying in bulk the equipment we need.
``Also, other states will come to Jigawa and buy the equipment they need,’’ Ali said.
Ali said that Chinese were in the state to see the possibility of establishing a factory for the manufacturing of small farm equipment.
``We have been meeting with these Chinese investors for the last two days.
``We gave them video clips to see the potential of the state and we also took them round to see what we have.’’
According to him, the major concern of the government is how the state's agricultural practices will become mechanised.
``And our major concern is that what we do presently is mainly manual and we want our agriculture to be mechanised,’’ he said.
Ali said that the state had nothing to develop than agriculture hence the need to take the investors to some areas in the state to see major crops produced.
``Basically, we have nothing to showcase to them than agriculture, so we took them to some fields to see some major crops produced in the state.
``This is because they are looking forward to establishing a factory responsible for the manufacture of small farm equipment that is affordable and efficient when it comes to operate,’’ he said.
Ali said the investors' visit was a fallout of Gov. Badaru's visit to China in December 2015, where a sample of the farm equipment was procured for the state.
He said that the equipment brought by the governor was tested and proved to be very good.
``Already, His Excellency met with these people in China about five months ago and prototypes of the small machines we are talking about were brought to the state.’

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