ABA IS ONE OF THE WORLD'S INDUSTRIAL CITY.

1 BIGGEST MALTING PLANT IN AFRICA IS LOCATED IN ABA

2 BIGGEST ALUMINUM CAN FACTORY IN AFRICA IS IN ABA

3 BIGGEST MEGA MALL IN THE WORLD IS IN ABA

4 ABA HAS THE LARGEST CONCENTRATION OF INDUSTRIAL CLUSTERS IN AFRICA

5 LARGEST INDUSTRIAL CITY IN WEST AFRICA IS IN ABA

ETC

what!
Well done all ibo boys, u guys have made me proud

lildray: what!
Well done all ibo boys, u guys have made me proud

me too!

Hahaha!

Biggest refuse dump too. The things we claim sha. Lord have mercy.

Rare Diamond: ABA IS ONE OF THE WORLD'S INDUSTRIAL CITY.

1 BIGGEST MALTING PLANT IN AFRICA IS LOCATED IN ABA

2 BIGGEST ALUMINUM CAN FACTORY IN AFRICA IS IN ABA

3 BIGGEST MEGA MALL IN THE WORLD IS IN ABA

4 ABA HAS THE LARGEST CONCENTRATION OF INDUSTRIAL CLUSTERS IN AFRICA

5 LARGEST INDUSTRIAL CITY IN WEST AFRICA IS IN ABA

ETC

come u want dis yorubb boys dat have nt travld out of dia hamlets befor to comit sucide abi.y not mention ogun state or osun lets have peace

Congratulations! E ku ori re!

@rare diamond,u were warned

Rare Diamond: ABA IS ONE OF THE WORLD'S INDUSTRIAL CITY.

1 BIGGEST MALTING PLANT IN AFRICA IS LOCATED IN ABA

2 BIGGEST ALUMINUM CAN FACTORY IN AFRICA IS IN ABA

3 BIGGEST MEGA MALL IN THE WORLD IS IN ABA

4 ABA HAS THE LARGEST CONCENTRATION OF INDUSTRIAL CLUSTERS IN AFRICA

5 LARGEST INDUSTRIAL CITY IN WEST AFRICA IS IN ABA

ETC

and yet blood money everywhere

*roll eyes* oh God, not again!!

kcjazz: Hahaha!

Biggest refuse dump too. The things we claim sha. Lord have mercy.

Yes but, the city is matching forward, even without federal and state govt attention.

Rare Diamond: ABA IS ONE OF THE WORLD'S INDUSTRIAL CITY.

1 BIGGEST MALTING PLANT IN AFRICA IS LOCATED IN ABA

2 BIGGEST ALUMINUM CAN FACTORY IN AFRICA IS IN ABA

3 BIGGEST MEGA MALL IN THE WORLD IS IN ABA

4 ABA HAS THE LARGEST CONCENTRATION OF INDUSTRIAL CLUSTERS IN AFRICA

5 LARGEST INDUSTRIAL CITY IN WEST AFRICA IS IN ABA

ETC

Trying desperately to repair a damaged image. For your claims to sound believable, don't you think that you need to at lease mention the specific plants and industries you are bragging about? I live in aba, and most of these your claims are pure lies. Which mega mall are you talking about? is it the shopping center that is just an ordinary market with lockup shops? which brewery? is it the Guinness brewery plant that has been shut down for years? which concentration of industrial clusters? is it the osisioma industrial cluster that most of the factories there have folded up?

Aba was probable that before TA orji. But TA just killed and is still killing all that is left of Aba, my beautiful city.

LARGEST MALTING PLANT IN AFRICA BEGINS OPERATIONS IN ABA


He said the company's decision to site the ultra-modern plant in Aba has further underscored the investment potential of the state, assuring that the government would provide the enabling environment to encourage the setting up of more industries in the state.

He also pledged to ensure the security of lives and property and charged the state's Commissioner for Police to carry out this mandate efficiently.

Orji, who led top members of his cabinet to the occasion, later unveiled the commemorative plaque and went on a facility tour of the plant, accompanied by senior management of the company.

In his address, Mr. Michiel Herkemij, managing director/chief executive, Aba Malting Plant, described the investment as a manifestation of the company's unalloyed support for the growth and development of Abia State.

He recalled that Aba Malting Plant, formerly known as Universal Malting Plant, was incorporated on October 8, 2004, by a group of investors to produce and supply high quality malted sorghum for the food and beverage industry.

Noting that the strategic initiative was conceived to create employment opportunities for Nigerians through technical support to farmers and other entrepreneurs, as well as empower them to produce the vital raw material locally, he said the Aba Malting Plant acquired the Universal Malting Plant on March 1, 2008.

"As at December, 2008, Aba Malting Plant had invested about N10 billion in this project to ensure its sustenance," adding, "Aba Malting Plant is an ultra-modern highly automated sorghum malting plant with the latest technology for the sorghum malting process. The plant is the biggest of its kind in the whole of Africa."

According to Herkemij, the plant would assist in ensuring high quality malted sorghum for the production of beverages of the highest quality for consumers.

"The plant will also become a centre of excellence for sorghum malting knowledge and skills.

"Our goal is to assume the role of an African regional knowledge centre for sorghum research. In addition, it will create sustainable employment through direct engagement in sorghum farming and other activities related to sorghum supply chain management," he said.

"All these massive investments," he said, "have made the company one of the highest investors in the state."

Besides, he appealed to stakeholders to support the government's vision for quick industrial growth and investment promotion in the state by creating the enabling environment for businesses to thrive.

Dignitaries from all walks of life-including traditional rulers in the locality, top officials of government parastatals and agencies, graced the occasion, while Chief Kola Jamodu, the Chairman of Aba Malting Plant, led the company's management team to the ceremony.

http://www.independentngonline.com/news/ndig/article02

Aba Mega Mall project is private sector driven – Obanua

on September 30, 2013 / in Business, Finance 12:10 am / Comments

BY YINKA KOLAWOLE

Abia State government recently entered into partnership with a real estate investment and infrastructure company, Greenfield Assets Ltd, to develop the Aba Mega Mall, comprising of 5,830 ultra modern shops in Aba. In this interview, Group Managing Director, Greenfield Assets, Paul Obanua, gives insight into the significance of the project. Excerpt.

What is the Aba Mega Mall project all about?
The project is geared towards creating a commercial hub for the entire eastern and south-south regions of the country. It is designed to stimulate the urban renewal of Aba city, by providing a structured facility where trading and other commercial activities can be done in an orderly manner. Presently in Aba, every nook and cranny including the roads, drainages and streets, are trading posts. This project is an attempt to sanitise the city by giving the people of Aba a dignified trading centre, which from a survey conducted by us, the traders and dwellers in the city are eager to have it operational.

Are you constructing on virgin land or will already existing properties pave way for the project?

The construction has already begun and it is on a virgin land. The Aba Mega Mall would consist of 5,830 ultramodern shops and they will come in four sizes of 12sq meters, 16sq meters, 24sq meters and 48sq meters. Now the interesting part is that the facility will also have provisions for banks, security post, petrol station, 25,000 sq meters of climate-controlled warehouse space, restaurants and a massive parking space for over 5,000 cars. When completed, the mall facility management will require considerable manpower in excess of 20,000 direct jobs and over 100,000 indirect jobs.

What is the significance of this project to the people of Aba and Abia State in general?

The significance of the Aba Mega Mall project is that we are providing the most needed infrastructure for the South-East, South-South, and the entire country and even beyond our borders. We are talking Cameroon, Gabon, Togo, Ghana and the entire sub region of West Africa. At the moment there is no standard retail infrastructure in Aba. We are building a world-class retail facility, with 10MW 24 hour power supply, paved roads, clean sanitation, guaranteed security in order to create an atmosphere of world-class shopping centre with peace of mind. The availability of the mall would give the people an opportunity to grow their customer base, market share and profit, while regenerating the city, which becomes a win-win situation for the traders and the city.

An insight into the profile of foreign firms partnering Greenfield on the project

Q B Construction is a renowned Construction Company in the United States. They have done projects all over the US. There is JK Structures Limited, a Pan European company; they have the elevated concrete technology. JK Structures has been in existence for almost 30 years and were involved in the building of the Euro Disney.We are also involving local contractors. The competencies of our development partners are not in doubt, and we call them our development partners because they have some level of venture financing.

Does Greenfield have needed resources to ensure the mall does not become one of uncompleted government projects?

First of all, government does not intentionally fail in their projects but the level of bureaucratic bottleneck in the Nigerian system is the reason many projects fail. Secondly, the Aba Mega Mall project is private sector driven.

The Abia state government is encouraging private sector driven development; this is what governments all over the world do by creating an enabling environment, laws and support system to the private sector to assist in developing the economy of a state. Aba Mega Mall can never be one of the abandoned white elephant projects because before the project started we had attained what is called a financial close; this means that the money to build is already in place before we went to site.

Based on your experience, do you think that the PPP route is the way to go in the development of Nigeria?

Yes, it’s the way to go, but the various governments should endeavour to keep to agreements. The government alone does not have the money and all other resources to develop the country. Take a look at our national budget which is barely $30 billion (less than that of New York City Council 2014 budget of $70 billion) will not be enough to reconstruct all our federal highways as there are today. Hence governments across the country should do everything possible to encourage private investors and keep to PPP agreements.

What is Greenfield’s vision for the city of Aba in the next 10 years?
In the next one year we would have completed the mall and have it operational, after which we’ll then go into building the 1,000 hectares Free Trade Zone. On the other the hand, the various power projects in and around the city would have also become fully operational. Aba having the right infrastructure in place, in 10 years’ time will be comparable to places like Shenzhen and Chengdu in China. It will be a commercial/industrial hub for Africa in the next 10 years.

The idea of the project is to eliminate street trading. One of the causes of people trading on the street is the lack of funds to rent a decent shop. Does the Aba Mega Mall intend addressing this by making shops cheaper to rent?
I will tell you that street trading is not as a result of the inability to afford a shop but stems from lack of adequate retail infrastructure.

Trading is a commercial decision geared towards wealth creation. So when you’re talking of such economic decisions, you are looking at a venture where the intention is to make profit. Trading is not a social activity, neither is it born out of communism. Every trader is a capitalist and so the interest of a capitalist is to engage in a sustainable venture that offers growth and profit. In effect, if you have a commercial facility where people can grow their business and make more sustainable profit, they’ll go there. Why would anyone want to remain on the streets if there’s an alternative location where customers consider more accessible, secure, orderly, healthy and conducive to do business; wouldn’t the traders rather have their trading outlets there?

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/09/aba-mega-mall-project-private-sector-driven-obanua/

http://www.ngrguardiannews.com/property/property/130977-abia-partners-greenfield-on-aba-mega-mall-

Abia Signs PPP Framework for $1Billion Osisioma Industrial Park

By Chineme Okafor
Based on its decision to relocate industrial workshops and warehouses within the state to a befitting site, the Abia State Government has entered into a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) framework with a firm, Acroideation International Limited, to commence the development of a $1 billion 300-hectare industrial park to be located at Osisioma.

The project, which first phase was expected to be inaugurated in December 2014 with the construction of about 34,346 units of workshops is however projected to consist of a totalled number of 68,692 units of industrial workshops and warehouses sited on 200 hectares, while 1,000 units of residential estate would occupy the remaining 100 hectares when completed.


Tagged the “Abia International Industrial City” (ABIIC), Head, Project Management Team of Acroideation, Seyi Olufade, told journalists yesterday in Abuja, that ABIIC, which was borne out of the need to establish key sectors of the economy of the state, would establish the foundation for the development of competitive domestic products for export, thus, launching the state into the rich field of global economy within time.


Olufade explained that with all its offerings such as expansive shopping malls, warehouses and over 10,000 capacity commercial car park amongst others, ABIIC which he said, was just about a kilometre from the state’s commercial town of Aba will be operated on a Build Operate and Manage (BOM) basis for 35 years from the date of inauguration by Acroideation.


He also said the firm had secured technical partnerships from European and Chinese firms, adding that the United Nations Industrial Organisation (UNIDO), Nigeria’s Bank of Industry (BoI) and Nigerian Investment Promotions Commission (NIPC) amongst others have shown keen interests in the industrial park.


Olufade said: “With the visit of the then Work Bank President, Paul Wolfowitz, in 2005 to view the popular Ariaria market Aba in company of the now Coordinating Minister for the Economy and Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, it was clear that all the affluence and influence are tucked in Ariaria market and the sway it portends to the Nigerian economy.


Critical elements affecting the growth of the industrial market include lack of product branding, design, packaging, marketing and funding, the ABIIC project is the response to these problems; it is a landmass of 300 hectares in Osisioma, about 1km from Aba town.”


He disclosed further that the industrial complex would rely on the 24 hours electric power supply pledge of the Geometric Aba Independent Power Plant to power its activities with further alternative arrangements, adding that the PPP had been crafted to insulate it from political interference in the case of changes in government.


“We have the strong partnership of the state government, the needed funding and technical expertise have been secured and we are ready to push forward the project with a groundbreaking event slated for September 2013 to herald the commencement of construction,” he stated.

http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/abia-signs-ppp-framework-for-1bn-osisioma-industrial-park/156836/

Fidelity Finances Africa’s Largest Aluminium Can factory

Monday, 04 March 2013 15:58
MATTHEW OTOIJAGHA

FIDELITY Bank Plc has said that it is financing the multi-million naira aluminium can project in Aba, South East Nigeria. The factory which will be ready in a couple of months’ time will take off with an initial production capacity of 1.2 billion cans per annum.

This clearly surpasses the Agbara Can Manufacturing Factory that took off with an initial production capacity of 600 million cans per year, thus making the new plant the largest aluminum can factory in Africa.

Managing Director and Chief Executive, Fidelity Bank Plc, Mr.Reginald Ihejiahi who made the disclosure to journalists, at the weekend in Lagos,explained that the financing options adopted by the bank were largely driven by its commitment and faith in the development of the Nigerian economy. According to him,“We are a bank operating in an emerging market and we believe that the industrial sector remains the heart of banking in such markets.”

Ihejiahi, whose bank also financed a similar project in Agbara, Ogun State, further explained that as an institution in business purely for commercial reasons, the bank is mandated to report to its shareholders. This,he said, implies that the bank should have steady streams of income at the end of the year, and therefore, should carefully select the projects it would sponsor at any given time, as part of its commitment to the development of the economy. Said he,“When we opened the Agbara Can manufacturing factory which was commissioned by President Goodluck Jonathan in 2010, it started with 600million cans per annum. However, the Aba Can manufacturing company which is nearing completion will take off from the first day with 1.2billion production capacity and we believe that with this pace Nigeria will soon be self-sufficient in aluminum can production.”

Ihejiahi explained that the facility offers enormous opportunity for job creation and other economic benefits to the citizens of the country. The Aba Can factory is expected to service the breweries and beverage companies in the South East and South South parts of the country, and by extension other parts of Nigeria. “We are also not ruling out export opportunities to West African and other African countries because of the size of the factory,he further stated.

Meanwhile South African Breweries has just opened a brewery in Onitsha and the market is quite large. They are expected to be a major beneficiary of the aluminum can project.

http://www.nationaldailyngr.com/business-news/fidelity-finances-africas-largest-aluminium-factory

ABA MEGA MALL PROJECT

@rare diamond. weldone. you have realy written like a primary school student. you should have waited for the project to be completed before writing these these false claims.. as for the malt company, i will want you to leave your town (aba) to visit other industrial cities in nigeria before you conclude.. (my dear friend travel and see!) do you know where they call lagos ? have you been there before ? Travel and see.

shachris:

Trying desperately to repair a damaged image. For your claims to sound believable, don't you think that you need to at lease mention the specific plants and industries you are bragging about? I live in aba, and most of these your claims are pure lies. Which mega mall are you talking about? is it the shopping center that is just an ordinary market with lockup shops? which brewery? is it the Guinness brewery plant that has been shut down for years? which concentration of industrial clusters? is it the osisioma industrial cluster that most of the factories there have folded up?

Aba was probable that before TA orji. But TA just killed and is still killing all that is left of Aba, my beautiful city.

God bless you for being sincere. you sound like a well informed fellow.. weldone!

If these projects can be completed, it will lead to a serious transformation of Aba. I think this is a good development, T.A Orji has finally woken up from his slumber. More of these initiatives all over the Country is highly welcome.

henrimoto: @rare diamond. weldone (WELL DONE). you have realy (REALLY) written like a primary school student. you should have waited for the project to be completed before writing these these false claims.. as for the malt company, i will want you to leave your town (aba) to visit other industrial cities in Nigeria before you conclude.. (my dear friend travel and see!) do you know where they call lagos ? have you been there before ? Travel and see.

You are an ignorant simpleton with no brain. The aba malting plant which was incorporated in 2004 have been in operation since , it was only expanded by NBL in 2008 to be the biggest malting plant in THE WHOLE OF AFRICA.

The Fidelity bank financed LARGEST ALUMINUM CAN FACTORY have been completed and would be commissioned by president Goodluck Jonathan. You don't have to be a genius to realize that the project have reached an advance stage as at march 2013, prompting the MD of Fidelity Bank to declare that the factory would be completed in a couple of months (note he made that statement in March '13 we are October now).

Work is progressing in both the Mega mall and industrial city, and they would be delivered in 2014 by God's grace as planned. All these developments are happening in Aba despite the under performance of Gov T. Orji.

I have contributed to your mental enhancement by correcting your wrongly spelled words at no cost, just to save you from your complete ignorance and bigotry

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