FG to set up tractor assembly plant, targets 4,000 annually

From Okwe Obi, Abuja
The Federal Government has disclosed plans to establish a mega tractor assembly plant with capacity to produce between 2,000 and 4,000 units annually.
Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Abubakar Kyari stated this after unveiling the national agricultural mechanization policy and the national agricultural mechanization investment strategy, yesterday, in Abuja.
Kyari said the twin instruments provide the framework to move Nigeria from agricultural potential to agricultural powerhouse, from mechanization deficit to mechanization leadership.and from food vulnerability to food sovereignty.
He disclosed that the plant is aimed at reducing import dependenc...