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Katsina State Records Investment Growth With Private Sector Collaboration

The Governor of Katsina State, Governor Ibrahim Shema says Katsina state has recorded investment growth and development with the collaboration of the private sector. Attributing … Continue reading Katsina State Records Investment Growth With Private Sector Collaboration


katsina stateThe Governor of Katsina State, Governor Ibrahim Shema says Katsina state has recorded investment growth and development with the collaboration of the private sector.

Attributing the development of the state to the private sector, Gov. Shema said his state offers opportunities in the field of agriculture, education, health, infrastructure and solid minerals.

He said that about 75% of people in Katsina involve in agriculture as a source of income, he stated that irrigation or rainfall doesn’t disturb agriculture in the state.

On the sideline of the World Economic Forum on Africa, holding in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital, Gov. Shema said that his administration had invested in agriculture to enable farmers in the state farm during dry seasons, through adequate utilisation of the water bodies available in the state.

The Governor also stated that Katsina had moved from 1,000 hectares cultivation per annum for dry season farming to more than 13, 000 hectares with high investment in training, extension services, provision of chemical and fertilizers. The state had also established an initiative aimed at empowering young farmers and people who have entrepreneurship skills in farm produce and would use those produce and turn it to business investment for other farmers.

He said Katsina had created market opportunities for the farmers to sell their produce, explaining that one of the strategies his government had used “is that at the end of each farming season the government buy off produce from the farmers directly to ensure that the farmers do not lose funds invested on the produce.

Gov. Shema also noted that his state was the largest producer of cotton seeds and had created jobs in that line. The cotton produced had also become raw material for the textile industry in the state. “Also, for live stock development, adequate medication is provided for the live stocks in the state and proper attention is given to cattle rearers,” he said.

He advised that attention should be given to agriculture by training young farmers that are adapting to the modern way of farming to be able to create more jobs in the nation.