The state Commissioner for Finance and Budget Planning,
Mr Asiru Idris, disclosed this in Lokoja, while declaring open a stakeholders meeting on environmental and social impact assessment of the proposed SAPZ and associated developments. He said that the state was happy to be a beneficiary of the project which, he said, has the potential to bridge the existing gap between production and need, employment, transportation and power supply. The project will create employment for two million people in the state and by extension, curb poverty, reduce youth restiveness and open doors for private investors, the commissioner explained. Idris further disclosed that 280 hectares of land would be acquired for the project across five local government areas of the state.
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Rivers
Nigeria
Lokoja
Kogi
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Moses-olorunleke
Kabba-bunu
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