Benue State Governor Re-Assures Investors Of Good Time In The State.

Gov. Samuel  Ortom, Benue State Governor.

Benue state has been over the news because of the most frequent attaches from the fulani herdsmen. It could be the most driving news about the state.

True to that, the governor in his gust to revive the income and GDP of the state has re-assured investor of good time in the state. Benue state is blessed with natural stores and good farming land for Agriculture which can boast the economy of the state and the nation by extension.

The Governor during business summits in Makudi,  Benue Peoples House made this solemn plague to investor form Ukraine and other parts of the world that will fine the state and her God giving resource a source of business partnership. The governor in his speech promised that all that is required will be provided.

Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state has assured a group of investors from the Republic of Ukraine of the cooperation and full support of the Benue state government in their drive to invest in and do business in the state.

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The trade and investment delegation which was in the state to explore areas of business investment visited Governor Ortom at the Benue Peoples House, Makurdi, today.

Represented by his deputy, Engr. Benson Abounu, Governor Ortom told the delegation led by a former acting Ukrainian ambassador to Nigeria, Mykola Samosvatov that the state government is keen on partnering with investors in key areas of the state economy, particularly agriculture and solid mineral development and promised to provide them the needed support and security for them to flourish.

He expressed the desire of the state to utilize the rich Owukpa coal deposit which he said is of the finest quality in the country to generate electricity and called on the team which had earlier stated their interest in the purchase of the coal to liaise with officials of the state ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment on the way forward.

Earlier, the facilitator of the trip to Nigeria, Bro Itodo Isaac Itodo disclosed that the team were in the state to explore possibilities of investing in the building of power generating plant, purchase of coal and provision of technical expertise in the building and maintenance of fertilizer blending plant, among others.
He praised the wisdom and the efforts of the state government at diversifying its economy and making agriculture and solid mineral development the engine room of its development.