Vice-President Namadi Sambo
| credits: File copy
| credits: File copy
The
Federal Government is working towards creating 3.5million more jobs
through its agricultural transformation agenda, Vice President Namadi
Sambo has said.
Sambo’s spokesman, Mr. Umar Sani, in a
statement on Thursday said the Vice President spoke in Brussels at a
meeting with the Nigerian community and their friends in Belgium.
He said the intervention would also add about 20million metric tonnes to the nation’s domestic food supply.
He added that the sector currently
contributes 40 per cent of the nation’s Gross Domestic Product and
employs about 70 per cent workforce.
“The vice president added that the
Federal Government has completed 10 new power plants which would add up
to 4700MW of electricity to the national grid and that the process of
their privatisation has since commenced for optimal efficiency,” the
statement quoted him as saying.
He further stated that contract has been
awarded for hydropower projects in Zungeru and Mambila which, on
completion, would generate 700MW and 3050MW respectively.
He also said the Gurara Dam project
which was to provide about 800 hectares of land for irrigation in
addition to providing 3600MW power was in progress.
Sambo added that the transport and
education sectors were receiving government’s attention with the
rehabilitation of rail tracks, airports, sea ports and the introduction
of fast train lines.
In the education sector, he stated that already 12 new federal universities have taken off to complement the existing ones.
He charged members of the Nigerian
Community in Belgium to contribute positively to the development of
their country and to be good ambassadors of Nigeria at all times by
projecting a positive image of their country in all their dealings.
*Source: The Punch Newspaper.
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