Nigeria’s Vice President, Kashim Shettima, has said that the Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zone will catalyse economic growth by creating thousands of jobs and empowering Nigerian youths.
SAPZ is an initiative designed to boost agricultural productivity, enhance food security, and promote industrialisation in the agricultural sector.
Addressing dignitaries and stakeholders at the vast expanse of land designated for the facility in Daki-Takwas, along the Kaduna-Abuja Expressway, Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State, Shettima described the SAPZ as a strategic milestone in President Bola Tinubu’s plan to industrialise Nigeria’s agricultural sector and create sustainable jobs across the country.
Shettima described the SAPZ as a “presidential priority project” and a direct response to the longstanding challenges facing Nigeria’s agricultural value chain, including poor infrastructure, limited access to markets, and low value addition.
The VP noted that while the nation could not afford to be chained to outdated systems while the world moves with urgency towards innovation, the SAPZ initiative is a strategy that lays the foundation for real economic transformation.