The African Development Bank AfDB has onboarded 21 states for the second phase of its Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zones Programme.
The Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma, revealed this to State House Correspondents after the 146th meeting of the National Economic Council NEC at the Aso Rock Villa, Abuja.
Uzodimma said that with projects of the programme’s pilot phase in Kano, Kaduna, Kwara, Oyo, Ogun, Imo, Cross River States, and the Federal Capital Territory at various stages of completion, phase two is about to start.
Uzodinma added that having BEEN Impressed by the programme, two weeks ago, there was a stakeholders meeting that onboarded an additional 21 states, so the Council resolved and urged all the states to key into this programme because it is going to be a game changer, and it will go a long way in tackling the food security pursuit of the Federal Government.