Bauchi State governor, Muhammed Abdullahi Abubakar has taken the
opportunity of the Nigerian Bar Association Conference held in Lagos to
promote the investment opportunities in the state...
During his presentation on the 2-day 2017 NBA Annual General
Conference in Lagos, Gov. Abubakar, who is also a legal luminary, gave a
catalogue of the investment opportunities in the key and critical
economic sectors where the state has cogent and glaring comparative
advantages amidst calls for economic diversification due to the fall in
the oil revenue earnings in the country.
The governor, while outlining the state’s potentials in agriculture,
solid minerals and tourism development, called on investors to patronize
and explore these resources through the economic sub-sectors as Bauchi
State has positioned itself to provide incentives to all potential
investors.
He disclosed that the state recently signed an MoU on 5000 metric
tonnes sugar refinery with a view to effectively boosting the state’s
GDP, increase internally generated revenue, and create job opportunities
for the teeming youths in the state.
Bauchi State is endowed with numerous mineral resources, vast and
arable land for commercial and subsistence agriculture and tourism
potentials. Consequently, the state is willing to partner with
interested investors in all the sectors, the governor reiterated.
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