Operators of Edo Inland Container Deport, Atlantique Marine
and Engineering Services (AMES) said the facility has the capacity of creating
over 13,000 direct jobs as soon as it commences operation.
AMES Managing Director, Charles Akhigbe made this known in
Benin during a meeting with members of the Edo Export Cluster and
representatives of federal government regulatory agencies.
He said that the first phase of the project would
accommodate 12,000 containers while the second phase would take 8,000.
Akigbe disclosed that the meeting was to strengthen the
collaboration between AMES and Edo cluster aimed helping them in the
exportation of agro allied and other non-oil products in the state.
According to him, the collaboration would help solve the
problem of the loss of nearly 45 percent of harvested agro allied products that
cannot reach markets on time.
He explained that agriculture contributes about $120 billion
to annual Gross Domestic Product, representing between 24 to 26 percent and
lamented that little or no amount of per capital of the fund gets to the small
scale farmers.
This is a step in the right direction.
But will you people agree?
Whosai! 😀😀😁
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