Taraba State Governor, Arc. Darius Dickson Ishaku has called for the establishment of an Export Processing Zone in Taraba State.
The Governor made the call during a meeting with the management of the Nigeria Export Processing Zone Authority, NEPZA in Abuja on Thursday.
He said the establishment of the zone would help the state in promoting economic development.
He said his administration was interested in promoting development in three critical areas such as agriculture, tourism and mining and requested NEPZA to assist the state to achieve these goals.
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He said his administration was determined to ensure that youths in the state are gainfully engaged and that he was already laying a solid foundation that would facilitate the achievement of this objective.
Governor Ishaku said he was also improving the infrastructure in the state to support the envisaged dispensation of large scale exportation of goods from other states as the Jalingo Airport is being expanded to accommodate bigger aircraft while roads are also being reconstructed to facilitate movement of goods in and out of the state.
