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Germany Set To Establish Green Agric Centre In Ogun State

The German government has declared its interest in establishing a green agricultural centre in Ogun State in south-west Nigeria. The development is a fallout of … Continue reading Germany Set To Establish Green Agric Centre In Ogun State


Gerd Muller

Ibikunle Amosun and Gerd MullerThe German government has declared its interest in establishing a green agricultural centre in Ogun State in south-west Nigeria.

The development is a fallout of a meeting in Berlin, Germany between representatives of the German government and a visiting team from Ogun State, headed by Governor Ibikunle Amosun.

The Ogun State government officials had travelled to Germany to promote the Positive Economic Development Policy of Amosun’s administration.

At the end of a meeting on Friday, the German Minister of Economic Cooperation, Mr Gerd Muller, told reporters of the government’s decision.

He acknowledged the conducive economic environment in Ogun State and expressed his country’s readiness to intensify the economic ties between it and the state government.

Mr Muller, who visited Ogun State in June, said the trip changed his perception about Nigeria, expressing confidence that great potentials that could be tapped abound in the state.

The Minister explained that the centre, to be cited within a tertiary institution, would serve as an innovation centre where his government and the Ogun State government intend to intensify ties and cooperation.

He commended Amosun’s administration for its urban renewal initiative and highlighted other areas of possible cooperation between Germany and Ogun State as, human capacity development, wealth creation and promotion of vocational education.

While addressing a conference in Berlin, Governor Amosun bemoaned the slow pace of growth in most African countries, attributing the trend to the insensitivity of successive leaders to the yearning of the people.

At the conference with the theme “Africa – Continent of opportunities: Which role for development cooperation”, the Ogun State governor asked governments in Africa to work towards creating wealth and tapping into the opportunities that abound in the real sector to create more jobs for the teeming youths.