Since 2018, the nine manufacturers have been recording an average of $14 billion annually until 2021 when it shot up to $28 billion. They saw $49 billion in 2022, which is troubling as these spikes coincide with growing global food crisis.
The governor promises to accelerate construction of agro-industrial parks. He says that they have potential to generate employment opportunities, create wealth, reduce unemployment, and improve food security.
Cows produce methane as part of their food digestion process and emit it through belching. Methane is about 80 times more effective in warming the planet than carbon dioxide in the first 20 years.
Hyacinth Alia, the new Benue state governor, has promised that his administration will industrialise the state's economy through agriculture and rural development.
