Germany Set to Establish Green Agric Centre in Ogun
The positive economic development policy of the Senator Ibikunle Amosun administration in Ogun State has attracted the attention of the German government which is set to establish a green agricultural center in the state.
German Minister of Economic Cooperation, Mr. Gerd Muller, disclosed this at the end of a meeting between representatives of his government and a visiting team from Ogun State, headed by Governor Ibikunle Amosun in Berlin, Germany.
He acknowledged the conducive economic environment in Ogun State and expressed his countries readiness to intensify the economic ties between it and the state government.
Muller, who visited Ogun state in June, said the trip changed his perception about Nigeria, expressing confidence that great potentials that can be tapped abound in the state.
The minister explained that the center, to be cited within a tertiary institution, would serve as an innovation center where his government and the Ogun state government intends to intensify its ties and cooperation, commending Amosun’s administration for its urban renewal initiative.
He highlighted other areas of possible cooperation between Germany and Ogun State as human capacity development, wealth creation and promotion of vocational education.
Meanwhile, Amosun has bemoaned the slow pace of growth in most African countries, attributing the trend to the insensitivity of successive leaders to the yearning of the people.
Amosun stated this at a conference in Berlin, Germany with the theme “Africa – Continent of opportunities: Which role for development cooperation,” charging governments in Africa countries to work towards creating wealth and tapping into the opportunities that abound in the real sector to create more jobs for the teeming youths.
German Minister of Economic Cooperation, Mr. Gerd Muller, disclosed this at the end of a meeting between representatives of his government and a visiting team from Ogun State, headed by Governor Ibikunle Amosun in Berlin, Germany.
He acknowledged the conducive economic environment in Ogun State and expressed his countries readiness to intensify the economic ties between it and the state government.
Muller, who visited Ogun state in June, said the trip changed his perception about Nigeria, expressing confidence that great potentials that can be tapped abound in the state.
The minister explained that the center, to be cited within a tertiary institution, would serve as an innovation center where his government and the Ogun state government intends to intensify its ties and cooperation, commending Amosun’s administration for its urban renewal initiative.
He highlighted other areas of possible cooperation between Germany and Ogun State as human capacity development, wealth creation and promotion of vocational education.
Meanwhile, Amosun has bemoaned the slow pace of growth in most African countries, attributing the trend to the insensitivity of successive leaders to the yearning of the people.
Amosun stated this at a conference in Berlin, Germany with the theme “Africa – Continent of opportunities: Which role for development cooperation,” charging governments in Africa countries to work towards creating wealth and tapping into the opportunities that abound in the real sector to create more jobs for the teeming youths.
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1. Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun (right) with Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development, Federal Republic of Germany, Mr. Gerd Muller after a meeting of representatives of the German and the Ogun State governments in Berlin, Germany.2. L-R Prime Minister of Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mr. Augustin Matata Ponyo, Federal Minister of Economic Cooperation and Development, Federal Republic of Germany, Mr. Gerd Muller, Deputy Chairperson, African Union Commission, Mr. Erastus Mwencha and Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun during a conference with the theme “Africa, a Continent of Opportunities: Which Role for Development Cooperation,” in Berlin, Germany.