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Yola, Nov. 13, 2016 (NAN) Stakeholders have urged Adamawa Government to increase budgetary allocation to ministries and agencies involved in promotion of non-oil sectors, particularly agriculture and solid mineral resources.
The call is contain in a communique issued Sunday at the end of 4th Adamawa Community Dialogue, organized in Yola by a non-governmental organisation, Adamawa Community Advancement Initiative (ACAI) .
The communiqué, signed by chairman of the Communique Committee, Mallam Babayola Toungo and Convener of ACAI, Mr Bashiru Ahmad, also urged the authorities to expedite action on the harnessing of the abundant human and material resources of the state.
It also called for the involvement of the private sector in policy formulation and implementation in the development of the non-oil sector.
It also urged government to initiate well-organized and coordinated investments of minerals identified in the state through public-private partnership.
It said such measure would help in revitalizing moribund industries in the state such as the Mubi Burnt Bricks Factory as well as pave way for the establishment of new firms which raw materials could be easily found among the various minerals resources scattered across the state.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the 4th Adamawa Community Dialogue with the theme ” Adamawa without Oil Money: Meeting the Challenges of Sustainable Development through Agriculture and Solid Mineral Resources Development”, attracted stakeholders from the organized private sector, academicians and government officials. (NAN)
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