Henry Umoru
19 November 2008
Abuja — THE Federal Government said yesterday that plans have been concluded to grant to Anambra
State a license to put in place an export free trade zone geared towards the production of oil components.
Disclosing this in Abuja yesterday when he received a team led by Anambra State governor, Peter Obi in his office, the Supervising Minister in charge of Commerve and Industry Ministry, Dr.Aliyu Idi Hong who noted that the licence will be granted in the next four weeks, said, "I assure you that in the next two weeks, you will hear a positive response and a clear directive for the request, to be very proactive that we will conclude this issue in the next one month."
According to Hong, the move has become imperative against the government's move to drive
industrial development in the country, just as he stressed that the Federal Government was prepared to encourage states, institutions and individuals to achieve this.
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