According to Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State, Egypt has indicated an interest in Ogun’s Agro Processing Zone (APZ).
The Gateway International Agro Cargo Airport is where the APZ is situated in the state’s Iperu-Ilishan Remo region.
In an interactive session, Abiodun disclosed that Egypt intended to have farm plantations in the zone to executive executives of the Ogun branch of the All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN).
He declared that the North African country intended to produce crops, harvest them, process them, and export completed goods to Egypt.
His words: “I met with the National President of the Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria in Abuja. He is working with a team of farmers sent by the Egyptian government.
“Egypt has a food security programme and has identified Ogun as one of the states to partner with.
“Representatives of the Egyptian government in agriculture will be coming to Ogun on May 16.
“They have done their research and were convinced that Ogun is one of the states strategically located to invest in; to farm in; to process in and to export from.”
