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Investment
By Stanley Nwanosike
Enugu, July 5, 2017 (NAN) Uzo-Uwani Local Government Council of Enugu State has called on prospective investors to take advantage of the council’s vast farm lands and agro-allied potentials.
The Caretaker Chairman of the council, Chief Cornell Onwubuya, made the call in a interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Enugu on Wednesday.
Onwubuya promised to give the prospective investors the support they would need to make returns on their investments and create jobs for the indigenes.
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“Uzo-Uwani is richly blessed with arable land.
“We have land for rice cultivation, for cassava, for maize and we have land for yams.
“So, I am calling on investors to come and invest in agro-allied industries. Anything about agriculture will do well in Uzo-Uwani.
“So, we are calling on investors to come; we have the land; and Uzo-Uwani
is among the largest local governments in Enugu State.
“We have a lot of farm lands lying fallow, so we are calling on individuals, government and non governmental agencies, to come in and invest.
“Because the governor (Gov. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi) has provided a very
conducive atmosphere for people to come and invest.
“Enugu State remains the most peaceful state in Nigeria and we intend to
keep it so.’’
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Onwubuya, who is also the Chairman of Farmers and Pastoralists Peace Commission in Enugu State, expressed appreciation to Gov. Ugwuanyi for promoting peace between local farmers and pastoralists.
He noted that Uzo-Uwani is currently the most peaceful council area where everybody both herdsmen and farmers live in harmony and with much respect for each other. (NAN)
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Edited by Nyisom Dore/Emmanuel Yashim