The Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, on Friday, said
the future of the country was in the hands of young people and entrepreneurs,
and as such, they must acquire skills for the future.
El-Rufai made the remarks while inaugurating the FalGates
Rice Mill, which he said was the largest in the country, adding that it was the
efforts of a young Nigerian entrepreneur.
“What the young entrepreneur did is an evidence of what the
young people are doing to take over the future,” the governor said.
The governor, who was accompanied by the Deputy Governor, Dr
Hadiza Balarabe, and senior government officials to the inauguration pf
FaLGates Rice Mil, praised the proprietor, 32-year-old Sadiq Falalu, for
investing in the state.
El-Rufai noted that the rice mill was not just the largest
in the state but the entire of Nigeria.
The inauguration of FaLGates, a N2.5billion Agric and
Agro-Allied company located at Sobawa, Rigachikun, was part of the events lined
up for the 7th edition of Kaduna Economic and Investment Summit(KadInvest 7.0)
Speaking at the event, the proprietor of FaLGates recalled
that the journey of setting up the rice mill started in 2016, when he
approached the Kaduna Investment Promotion Agency for land allocation.
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Sadiq thanked the Governor for approving the company’s land
application and for providing all the aftercare services rendered by the state
government through the KADIPA, Kaduna Geographic Information Service as well as
the Kaduna State Urban Planning and Development Authority, and the Ministry of
Business, Innovation and Technology.
According to him, FaLGates employs over 400 people and has
created 1,000 indirect jobs, adding that it has built a school for the Sobawa
community with over 50 students.
The FaLGates boss, while appreciating the state government
for supporting the project by providing land where the mill was situated, said,
“We have also created military post to be donated to security operatives to man
security in the area.”
Meanwhile, the governor has inaugurated another company,
AFEX Agricultural Commodity Warehouses and Multi grains Processing Plant,
located along the Zaria-Kano highway.
El-Rufai said AFEX would help farmers in the state in the
preparation of farm produce, cleaning and logistics, as well as getting market.
The governor said such an investment would make Nigeria a
food-secure country.
El-Rufai inaugurated more public and private sector projects
including Kaduna Galaxy Mall, as part of the successes of Kaduna Investment
Summit.
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