The Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority, NEPZA, has again boosted the country’s manufacturing and export indexes with the licencing of Abuja Industrial Park (ZEBERCED) Free Zone with initial 150 million US dollar investment portfolio.
Dr Olufemi Ogunyemi, Managing Director of NEPZA, in a remark, while handing over the operating licence to the Turkish Owners of the private zone stated that the new business ecosystem sitting on 250 hectares would be home to over 170 factories and to generate 40,000 employment.
Dr Ogunyemi, alsixplained that the zone which would be located in Idu Industrial layout Phase IV had the capacity to greatly impact the nation’s economy through sustained export of manufactured goods.
“Today marks another excellent moment for us in the Authority as we continue to deliver on our mandate of managing the Free Trade Zone scheme in line with the Federal Government directive and this latest Abuja Industrial Park Free Zone will change the business configuration of the Federal Capital City and spur the landscape for global export competitiveness and to boost the country’s employment index” He stressed
In his words”Let me congratulate those behind this loft project and encourage other local and international players to explore the country’s free zone scheme as it offers some of the best global incentives,’’.
Mr Adil Kurt, Managing Director, Abuja Industrial Park (ZEBERCED) Free Zone, expressed satisfaction with the one-stop-shop policy of the government that sped up the registration process, adding that the zone would be the ideal hub for manufacturing and export.
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