The facilities and infrastructure available at one of NASENI’s Institutes, Agricultural Machinery and Equipment Development Institute (AMEDI), Lafia, Nasarawa State, will be used for the assembly and manufacturing of the tractors.
According to the Executive Vice Chairman/Chief Executive Officer, NASENI, Khalil Suleiman Halilu, the project, which is aimed at creating wealth and jobs for Nigerian youths, is in line with President Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda of ensuring food security and promoting mechanized farming and agro-business in the country. Halilu disclosed this when the Executive Governor of Nasarawa State, Engr. Abdulahi A. Sule, led a delegation comprising of Bob Track Tractors to pay a visit to the Agency’s headquarters in Abuja on Monday, April 22nd, 2024.
Halilu who assured Governor Sule and the delegation of NASENI’s readiness to do business with them, said, “the Agency is willing to partner with you and sign the memorandum of understanding (MoU) so that in the next couple of weeks we will move into action.”
He disclosed that Mr. President had recognized NASENI as a national brand and its National Tractor Recovery Programme wherein 55,000 tractors would be refurbished for mechanized farming nationwide.
In his remarks, Governor Sule said, he aligned with NASENI’s vision of collaborating and promoting made-in-Nigeria goods and also believed that government’s role is to provide a level playing field necessary for businesses to thrive.
The objective of his visit, he said, was to introduce Bob Track Tractors, which deals in the assembly and manufacturing of tractor and farm implements with offices in Port Harcourt, to NASENI so that it could utilize the existing facilities at AMEDI, Lafia for the assembly of tractors instead of acquiring a new land for the business.
The CEO of Bob Track Tractors, Ibifiri A.C. Bob Manuel, said, “We are ready to take up the facility that you have in Nasarawa State, create employment and wealth for the youths in the area, and also use it as a hub to drive the mechanized agricultural vision of the present administration. We are willing to invest in Nasarawa state with help of His Excellency, his team and NASENI.”