The management team of Thai-African Corporation Limited, a leading
rice producer in Thailand, has arrived Calabar, Cross River State, for
the commencement of the development of a Rice City in the state.
The project is estimated to cost over $4 million.
Sited along Goodluck Ebele Jonathan Bypass, the construction of the Rice City is expected to take at least six months.
Managing
Director of Thai-Africa Corporation, Mrs Pantipa Dhanagom, who was
conducted round the project site, said that the scheme will be a rice
seedling centre with the best rice seedligs to be grown in the area.
“It will become a training centre and a one-stop service which will
also cater for out-growers in Nigeria and other African countries,”
Dhanagom said.
On
the choice of the project site, the MD said: “The land is suitable and
is also the best location because it is on the highway and similar to
the one Governor Ben Ayade inspected in Thailand.”
Commenting on the development, Cross River State Governor Ben Ayade
said the initiative was to complement Federal Government’s efforts on
agriculture.
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