Zamfara secures Turkish investment in greenhouses, dairy projects

The Zamfara State Government said it has secured foreign investments from Turkish investors.

A statement on Thursday by Governor Dauda Lawal’s spokesperson, Sulaiman Idris, noted that Lawal started his official visit to Turkey on Sunday, June 30, which lasted six days.

“The governor travelled to Turkey in the first week of July where he met prominent investors and embarked on facilities tour of factories in different cities in that country.

“The official visit to Turkey commenced with Governor Lawal’s visit to Bursa city where Direkci Group has the biggest greenhouse project in Turkey,” the statement read.

Idris stated that the group plans to establish modernised and mechanised greenhouse projects in Zamfara.

“For Zamfara, the Direkci Group plans to establish various greenhouses, including soilless greenhouse, soil greenhouse, polyclima greenhouse, transplanting, ornamental production greenhouse and banana growing greenhouse,” he added.

According to the statement, another Turkish company, Innova Dairy Farm, will establish a modern dairy farm in Zamfara, utilising advanced technologies such as rumination and activity monitoring, herd management systems and cooling systems.

Additionally, Lawal discussed a potential collaboration with Türk Traktör, a prominent tractor manufacturing company, to acquire modern tractors suitable for farming in Nigeria.

“The company has the capability to produce New Holland and Case IH tractors at the same time. It is the first tractor-exporting company in Turkey and accounted for 88 per cent of the total tractor exports of the country in 2022,” he concluded.