- During the commissioning event on Tuesday, Governor Namadi emphasized the plant’s role in advancing economic diversification, employment, and job creation in the state
Jigawa State Governor, Umar Namadi, inaugurated the ‘ComttraJigawa’ Hibiscus processing plant at the Maigatari Export Processing Zone, marking a significant step in the state’s economic diversification efforts.
This venture, a collaboration between the Jigawa State Government and Comttraex Nigeria Limited, underscores the commitment to fostering public-private partnerships for enhanced development. During the commissioning event on Tuesday, Governor Namadi emphasized the plant’s role in advancing economic diversification, employment, and job creation in the state.
“ComttraJigawa was established under a Public Private Partnership agreement between Jigawa State Government and Comttraex Nigeria Limited which is a Nigerian-based Company with a huge reputation for the processing and export of Hibiscus from Nigeria and indeed, some other agricultural produce.
“Even though the partnership agreement with Comttraex Nigeria was signed in April 2022, it was only a few months ago that concerted efforts were made to ensure that the benefits of the partnership are actualised for the development of our people”, Mr Namadi said.
He said the project also represents a milestone in the state’s pursuit of agricultural transformation, which places a high premium on value addition across the entire agricultural values chain aiming to reduce poverty among citizens.
“Over the last few years, Jigawa State has successfully pursued an Agricultural Transformation Program which we pledged to sustain as part of our 12-Point Agenda.
“The overarching objective is to accelerate the contributions of the agricultural sector to the growth of the State’s and National Economy, attainment of National food security, economic diversification, job creation, provision of sustainable means of livelihoods for the citizens, and to achieve overall poverty reduction,” Mr Namadi said.