Mohammed El Bachiri, Executive Director of the association, said the association is ready to collaborate with the state government to attract investors and marketers to Yobe State for direct and indirect investments.
He explained that under the collaboration programme, there is room for financing of Agriculture, environment, climate and housing in the local government areas.
Leader of the delegation and Secretary to the Yobe state government, Baba Malam Wali, said the government would take advantage of the forthcoming trade fair to present its agricultural produce.
“We have high-quality graded sesame seeds, Gum Arabic, beans, groundnuts, and livestock, among others, in commercial quantities in all the local government areas.
“His Excellency Gov. Mai Mala Buni has directed us to collaborate with reputable agencies and organizations to attract employment and wealth Creation opportunities for the benefit of our youth.
“The state government is ready to partner the association to engage our youth into agricultural production, especially in the sesame seeds and others” Malam Wali said.
The state Commissioner for Agriculture, Hon Mustapha Goniri, stated that Yobe state produces and processes sesame seeds of the highest international quality.
"Under the leadership of His Excellency Governor Mai Mala Buni, the state government has set up four sesame seed processing plants to enhance the product's quality."
“The international trade fair would give our state the opportunity to show the quality of our farm produce to the World” Goniri said.
Likewise, the state Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Ibrahim Adamu Jajere, conveyed the willingness of the 17 Local Government Councils to take part in the trade fair.
"They each have the chance to present their unique products, draw investors to their regions, and create job opportunities for their people," he remarked.
Ahmed Shuaibu Gara Gombe, the Chief Executive Officer of the consulting firm African Network Center, promised to handle all the documentation and other necessary preparations for participation in the international trade fair.
