Governor Malam Umar Namadi today presided over the signing of a landmark Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with a consortium of investors for the large-scale production of alfalfa, under which the Jigawa State Government has committed to providing up to 100,000 hectares of land to support the project, marking one of the largest alfalfa production initiatives in Africa.
The MoU was signed following a visit by a high-level delegation led by the Director General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Inuwa.
The delegation included the Managing Director of NEXIM Bank, Mr Abubakar Abba Bello; the Managing Director of MOFI, Dr Armstrong Takang; the Managing Director of Jaiz Bank, Mr Haruna Musa; and several private-sector partners such as Capemano, Alami Capital, EL-Meena Farms, and Matura Farm, as well as representatives of NSIA and other key institutions.
