Welcome to Benue State of Nigeria

Commerce & Industries

Benue State is a budding commercial and industrial center. To enhance commercial activities, the state Government ha built an ultramodern market of 2500 stalls in Makurdi. The market is of international standard and has facilities such as offices, courts, a police station, bank, clinic, restaurants, community hall, fire station. Other facilities include a sewage plant, abattoir, power station, borehole and water storage tanks and children playground.
	The state's rich mineral deposits remain largely unexploited. Given current effort to diversify the national economy by among other measures, exploiting the nation's solid minerals, Benue State provides immense investment opportunities for industrialists in this sector. The Benue State government had in the past promoted several industries, which are now being privatized in keeping with current trends.
Already the Benue Brewery Limited has been fully privatized with the International Beer and Beverages Industry Limited(IBBI) acquiring eighty-five percent shares. Opportunities still exist for investors to take up shares of the others companies whose profiles are given through the links below. Taraku Mills Limited Benue Cement Company Plc Benco Rooftiles Limited Benro Packaging Company Limited Makurdi International Hotel Industrial Layout, Makurdi The industrial layout covering 310 hectares of land was established in 1984. The first phase has 7.1Km of tarred road network covering 30 hectares of land. It has 121 plots divided into: a. small scale - 0.15-0.40 hectares - 78 plots b. Medium scale - 0.50-1.00 hectares - 23 plots c. large scale - 1.00-2.50 hectares - 19 plots d. mechanic workshops - 6.17 hectares - 1 plot The second phase of 90 plots is now being developed to accommodate rice millers. There has been a rush for acquisition of plots by individualists. Plans are underway to supply the layout with water and electricity.

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