While on an official visit
to Governor Ben Ayade at the Government House in Calabar the Chairman of Wuhan
Longfecund Agricultural Development Company Ltd, Yongsheng Cao has announced the
plan of the firm to establish a feed mill and maize farm in Cross River State.
“I am happy to be in Calabar
and indeed, Nigeria, to set up a feed-mill and a maize farm. Cross River State
and China share same topography and land fit for such production,” he said
“My preference will be on
sweet corn as it is going to work well here,” the chairman said while
commending the relationship between Cross River and China, adding that there
would be an investment of $8million for the project.
“Cross River State is
expanding the horizon in agriculture and taking a leap into agricultural phase
to ensure a leading direction,” Gov Ayade said in his remark as he urged the
company to immediately start the project.
“We don’t come in as
traditional farmers but industrial standard and as the benchmark.”
“We must focus on maize
because other than producing feeds, one of the particular species we are going
to grow here which is sweet corn, is to provide Gluck syrup.”
“What you will see here is
a true reproduction of the true history of the natural wealth that Nigeria has
in agriculture as we are going to have maize for export, sweet corn for salads,
Gluck syrup for our industries and the feed mills to produce feeds for our
poultry and other related products,” the governor said.
According to the governor,
“the partnership between Cross River State government and the maize centre in
China will provide the state with a first class knowledge, first class
technology, first class farming and first class mill as all sweet corns used in
our salads were imported.”
The governor said the state
has over 21,000 square kilometers of land and that part of Akamkpa, Uyanga,
Obubra and Yala were suitable areas for maize farming based on soil studies
earlier conducted
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