Govs visit to China will add value to our economy - Al-Makura

Governor Umaru Tanko Al-Makura of Nasarawa State has said that the recent visit by some state governors to China would add value to the economy of the country.

Al-Makura who spoke with newsmen on his arrival to the country said that the visit has afforded his state the opportunity to attract invest­ment in the areas of power, agriculture, real estate man­agement and the media in­dustry.

A statement signed by the special assistant to Governor Al-Makura on media and publicity, Ahmed Tukur, said that Chinese investors will in the next few weeks visit Na­sarawa to fine-tune modali­ties in the areas of coal explo­ration for power generation to the state and beyond.

He added that other areas to seal another deal is the 13 thousand hectares in Gurku area of Karu local govern­ment where estates will be developed to cushion the population explosion along the gate way to Abuja.

The Governor also ex­plained that as part of the visit, his entourage visited the NTA StarTimes headquar­ters in Beijing and discussed on how to increase facilities at the state-owned television station, Nasarawa Broadcast­ing Service (NBS).

He said that as govern­ment desirous of improving the lot of the people of the state, his administration was able to attract close to N350 billion investment in the last few years in government-The Authority