Yusufu said that Fayus had committed an additional $44 million in cassava processing, to bring the total investment commitment in the sector to $159 million.
“Fayus Nigeria Limited and Fayus Inc. (U.S) are also working with U.S.-based food and agro-allied services companies, Shine Bridge Global (SBG) and Africa Global Schaffer (AfGS), to co-invest in the cassava value chain in Nigeria.
“Fayus has committed an additional $44 million investment towards the cassava industrialisation program for a total investment of $159 million in oil palm and cassava value chains over three years,’’ he said. Yusufu explained that Fayus’ investments in Edo include a 200 hectares pilot oil palm plantation, two nurseries, dams, roads, irrigation systems, and other infrastructure assets totaling over $15 million.
Lagos to investigate death of chef allegedly caused by negligence
According to the family, Mrs Ugboma died days after undergoing fibroid surgery at the hospital.
Premier Specialist Medical Centre, Victoria Island, leading to the death of Peju Ugboma, a chef.
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reportedthat at least 3,000 people had signed an online petition, as of Sunday morning, calling on Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu and the Ministry of Health to investigate the death.
According to a statement signed by Nwabeze Ugboma on behalf of the family, the deceased died days after undergoing fibroid surgery in the hospital.
The state government said the Commissioner for Health, Akin Abayomi, has directed the Health Facility Monitoring and Accreditation Agency (HEFAMMA) to conduct a proper investigation into the death of the chef and establish the facts of the matter.
Sanwo-Olu wants creative trainees to be globally competitive
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…Unveils creative Lagos under Delyork Academy
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu has said that his administration is giving a cutting-edge opportunity to practitioners in the creative sector to compete favourably with their contemporaries across the globe in the area of directing, cinematography, acting and in all the processes of film production from script to screen.
The Governor who addressed a set of creative trainees sponsored by his administration with Del-York Academy on Tuesday in Lagos, explained that the investment in human capacity development of practitioners in the creative sector by his administration is aimed at giving the beneficiaries world-class exposure in the creative field.
Hon. Ayibaina Crowther Duba is the Bayelsa State Commissioner for Information and Orientation. In this interview with journalists, including Segun James, in his office in Yenagoa, he paints a picture of a government that understands the daunting tasks it is faced with and its readiness to face them squarely
It has been over one year since the coming of the Miracle Governor, you are in your second year now, what has the state government done in almost two years now?
We came in on February 14 last year, and in the joy and euphoria of coming in we were faced with a whole lot of problems. You know we had the pandemic which the world is still managing with its attendant effects on international business. And then oil revenue which is the main stay of the country and for a state like Bayelsa that doesn’t have the critical industries to bring in, and where the IGR is low, you will recall that things were not that rosy on the economic front. Then as a state that witnesses flooding, it de
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Governor Okezie Ikpeazu says that the Abia State Government will sustain its partnership with the Micheal Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike in working towards creating a more robust economy for the grassroots with women and youth inclusion in focus.
Governor Okezie Ikpeazu stated this on Wednesday, while receiving a delegation of the Vice-Chancellor of Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, Professor Maduebibisi Iwe and his management team who called on him in Government House, Umuahia.
He said it is as a result that the administration is bent on setting up agro-based cottage industries in the 17 LGAs, especially in the areas of palm kernel oil processing, cassava processing and rice milling. According to him, 6 LGAs have been selected for the pilot scheme which would soon take off, while equipment for the industries have since arrived in the state from India.