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BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES IN ENUGU STATE (New)
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES IN ENUGU STATE (New)
IN ENUGU STATE
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TECHNOLOGY
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Q1. State and Viability of Technical
Companies in Enugu and their
Areas of Specialization
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Q2. What is the dominant means of
internet connection? How many companies
provide this and how many fibre optics
connections have entered Enugu?
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Q3. Are there web hosting and
designing, software programming
companies in the city? Is there a
computer coding Academy?
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Q4. Apart from internet based companies,
what other technology enabling
companies are operational in Enugu?
We have a number of vibrant technology enabling companies in the State.
These include
Innoson Tech. & Industrial Co. Ltd., Plot W/L Industrial Layout, Emene,
Enugu State-manufacturers of all kinds of plastic materials.
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Auto Star Motor Company, Enugu-Vehicle assemblage.
Nigerian Breweries Plc, Amaeke Ngwo, 9th Mile Corner, Ama, Enugu.
Th largest brewing company in Nigeria.
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SERVICES
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Q1. What are the things that residents of Enugu complain mostly about?
That the State is not highly industrialized thereby giving it the status of ‘Civil Service’
State with low internally generated revenue by the government.
Lack of good and accessible road networks in the rural areas leading to high cost of
transporting agricultural produce to the city by local farmers.
Lack of infrastructures and other social amenities in the rural areas. For instance, when
you travel to some villages in Enugu you find it difficult to make phone calls or use
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Q2. If you can segment the population
of Enugu City into their income levels
what will the map look like? What will
be the 3 most essential services that
each area will be willing to pay for?
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Q3. Are there visa processing
offices in Enugu?
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Q4. What other services do people
have to travel outside the state to get?
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Q5. Which services can make/help position
Enugu as the dominant
business/Technology/Leisure hub for the
South East?
Establishment of amusement parks, museums and game reserves in
the State will help to position the State as a leisure hub in the South
East.
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Q6. There is a road that connects Enugu to
Cameroun, which services can leverage this link on
both sides?
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TOURISM
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Q1. How will you rate the state of
local tourism in the state?
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Q2. How many viable Travel and
Tours Companies exist in Enugu? Are
there companies that hand local
tourism? Foreign tours?
There are no company yet that handle local tourism in the
state. Local tourism is still being handled by Enugu State
Tourism Board and Enugu State Council for Arts and
Culture. These government parastatals are under the
supervision of Enugu State Ministry of Culture and
Tourism.
3. Express Booking
3 ,Nnedinma Close RCC Quaters, Trans Ekulu, Enugu East, Enugu, Nigeria
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6. Autostar Travels And Tours Limited
Airport Road Emene Industrial Layout Enugu East Enugu Nigeria
8. Hikgen Limited
11 ,Chime Avenue, New Haven, Chime Avenue, Enugu North, Enugu, Nigeria
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10. Ifex Express Limited
12 ,Okpara Avenue, Enugu North, Enugu, Nigeria
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Q.3 Are there any processes, official
guidelines and documents, etc from
the ministry of Tourism for any
company that wants to do local
tours (registrations, permits, etc)?
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Q4. The brochure showed numerous tourist
sites in Enugu. How developed are these
sites? What are the Government plans for
these sites? Are they already concessioned
to some companies?
The tourist sites shown in the brochure are actually in
existence in the state although they are not well-developed
for economic viability.
However, the state Government is ready to partner with
any company that wishes to develop these sites and make
them economically viable.
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Q5. Are there other viable infrastructure-
(hotels, restaurants, reserves, etc. What
are there rating) to support local
tourism? Can the economy support it?
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There are several other exquisite hotels in Enugu as listed in
the brochure.
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REAL ESTATE
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Q1. The government appears to have a lot
of real estate development schemes. What
are their status and prospects?
The government of Enugu State through the Enugu State Housing
Development Corporation(ESHDC) has a lot of real estate development
schemes by which it has fully developed the following estates:
Maryland Estate
Lakeside Estate
Victory Estate
These estates have good prospects because there are always ready
buyers for which ever category is developed.
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Q2. What is the process, including company
requirements of obtaining land from the
government for real estate development purposes?
Is the activity still on-going?
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(i) Application Stage:
Individuals or companies seeking to acquire land from the government
for real estate development purposes usually obtain an application form
for a non-refundable fee from the Enugu State Ministry of Lands and
Urban Development following the advert for such, depending on the size
of land needed.
(iii)Land Registration:
With the successful payment for the land, the Surveyor General prepares a
survey plan of the purchased land. This survey plan forms part of the
documents used in the registration and obtaining of Certificate of
Occupancy (C of O) from the Enugu State Ministry of Lands and Urban
Development.
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Procedures and Documents Required for
obtaining a C of O in Enugu State for a
State Land.
Applicant purchases and submits form to Land Use
Allocation Committee of the Enugu State Ministry of Lands
and Urban Development and collects acknowledgement slip;
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Surveyor General provides Scheme Officer with digitized survey; Land Use
Allocation Committee approves processing and signs letter of allocation.
LUAC signs off on the file, send file to the Senior Special Assistant to the
Governor on Lands;
SSA (Lands) vets entire file and sends file/application with a covering memo
to the Permanent Secretary Lands; if file has a query, message is relayed back
by notification;
PS Lands signs off on the memo and sends file to Governor. Governor
approves file and electronically signs C of O. If file has query, message is
relayed back by notification.
Upon approval and signing of C of O, the Governor signs off and sends file
to the Deputy Registrar for further processing. Deputy Registrar processes file
further, signs off and sends file to Registrar of Titles for final registration;
Registrar of Titles registers the C of O, signs off and request for printing of C
of O.
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Documents Required for State Land
Formal letter addressed to the Executive Secretary Land Use Allocation
Committee, Enugu State Ministry of Lands and Urban Development;
Survey Plan;
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Factors Driving the Growth of these areas:
Fastest Growing Areas in Enugu Factors Driving the Growth
Abakpa Nike Availability of large expanse of
accessible level lands for real estate.
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Q.4 We learn that Enugu has a lot of good roads.
Are there other infrastructural gaps that exist in
the city such as cinemas, event places and halls,
exhibition venues, malls, etc. that an individual
company can fill?
Of course there are good road networks in Enugu metropolis. The
immediate past administration in Enugu state did a laudable job
in the area of road construction. However, other infrastructures
like event places and cinemas are yet to be put in place in the
state and any company that can fill this gap has a good prospect.
The need for shopping malls has been met by the establishment
of places like Shoprite, Roban Stores and Coal City shopping
mall, although places like Agbani and Nsukka that are in the
outskirts of the City of Enugu still need such malls to be cited in
them for proximity and convinence.
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Q5. What will make a difference in the real estate
landscape of Enugu? How is commercial real estate
faring in the state?
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AGRICULTURE
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Q1. The government at the Oganiru forum showcased a lot of
Plantations in the state such as cashew, palm, etc and indicated the
state has a lot of prospects with respect to agriculture. Where are these
plantations located? Are any of them viable?
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OIL PALM (ELAEIS GUINEENSIS)
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CASHEW (Anacardium accidentalis) VALUE CHAIN
Cashew plant grows well in Enugu State and produces one of the best cashews
in the world;
Cashew shells contain Cashew Nut Shell Liquid (CNSL) which is a source of
natural phenols used in the plastic industry;
The technology for growing this crop and its ecology are well known in Enugu
State;
Cashew is one of the economic tree crops where Enugu State has comparative
advantage and, therefore, seeks potential investors for the development of the
entire cashew value chain;
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S/N LOCATION LAND AREA
AVAILABLE (HA) PLANTED (HA)
1 Oghe (Ezeagu LGA) 600 415
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Q3. Which areas with agricultural prospects have the
menace of Fulani cattle herdsmen impacting them?
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Q4. Rice also appears to be a crop that can be grown
in the state. What is the state of rice cultivation in
Enugu State? Are there opportunities in the rice
space for small holder farmers and small scale
investments?
Enugu State is endowed with abundant water resources for irrigated rice
production and processing;
The State has several rivers such as Adada, Kalawa, Nnom, Ozom and Obe Rivers,
etc. that can be dammed for both irrigation and domestic water supplies.
There is an existing gravity-flow irrigation scheme at Adani with full potential for
expansion to over 10,000ha, while only 1,120ha of irrigable land has been fully
developed,
Prospective investors are invited to invest in irrigated rice production in any of the
16 proposed irrigation sites located across the state.
There are opportunies in rice production for small holder farmers and small scale
investments.
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Q5. What other opportunities exist in the
agricultural sector with low risk and high
potential for returns on investment?
Other major crops that are viable in the state and which offers potentials for investment
and commercialization include; Cassava, Vegetable and fruits, livestock production.
Investors are welcome to invest in cassava value chain in the state, with over 80,000 ha
of arable land available for cassava plantation.
Under vegetables and fruits, the state is already harnessing its numerous potentials
under this sector and has also demonstrated its willingness to partner with the private
sector especially in developing the fruits and vegetable sector in the state. One of such
partnerships is the San Carlos Farms in Enugu state.
The Enugu state government signed an MOU, with San Carlos Group of Mexico for the
cultivation, production and export of pineapples in Enugu state under a public private
partnership (PPP) investment framework.
The joint venture company is to develop 1,000 ha of irrigated MD2 pineapple at a total
cost of $300m. Over 300ha of pineapples have so far been developed and planted.
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Q6. What are the food/agricultural processing
opportunities in the state? Which ones are low
hanging fruits that can easily be pursued by small
to medium scale enterprise (SME)?
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The state government is looking for more of such investments in the state under the
fruits and vegetables agro sector. Also over 4000ha of land are available for banana
production in the state with excellent soil and fresh water for irrigated banana
production in the state.
Poultry industry in the state is growing in leaps and bounds and the state is now the 4th
largest producers of poultry and poultry bye-products in Nigeria.
Two modern hatcheries exist in Enugu state with a combined capacity of 360,000 DOCs
per months.
More investments are been sought for in the poultry value chain by the state
government so as to make Enugu state one of the highest poultry producers in Nigeria.
Investments are required in fish farm estates, in 17 LGAs of the state under PPP
platform. The state has 14 water reservoirs and 50 lakes for development of fisheries
potential. Investors are required for the full development of fisheries and aquaculture
value chain potentials in the state.
Potentials for investment in Animal production in Enugu state exist at the Federal
Government Cattle Ranch at Adada covering an area of 846ha of land. Investors can
partner with FG/State government to lease this facility under a Public Private
Partnership.
Also there exist a federal government piggery breeding and progeny project at Okpuje
covering an area of 26ha with considerable infrastructural facilities. Investors are
invited to explore leasing opportunities for this facility for piggery production under PPP
platform.
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