Egypt Partners Kebbi on Agriculture

A team of international investors from Egypt on investment led by General Walid Soliman Morsi, has paid a visited to Kebbi State government to explore areas of partnership in agriculture.

Speaking while recieving the Egyptian delegation in government house, Governor Abubakar Atiku Bagudu, told the visitors that, President Muhammadu Buhari had worked so hard in the last seven years to provide an enabling environment for investors in the country.

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He said, Nigeria has also in the period under review operating a programme called, “Ease of doing busines to ensure that all the regulatory and contracts frameworks were made easier and efficient.

Bagudu said that, the proposed partnership between Egypt and the Nigerian investors was apt and timely.

According to him, more is being done to make the environment friendlier for investors in Kebbi and Nigeria in general.

He assured to collaborate and support the Eygtian delegation for stronger partnership in agriculture and thanked the delegation for choosing Kebbi State for their visit.

Earlier, the leader of Egyptian delegation General Walid Soliman Morsi, acknowledged the hospitality of the people of the state, adding that the two countries will mutually benefit from the partnership.

He said his country has the potential to engage in the production and marketing of rice.