Group Woos Investors to 9th Mile Industrial Park

Gideon Arinzein Enugu

The Agbaja Leaders of Thought, organisers of the Agbaja 2025 Summit in Enugu State, have stated that the 9th Mile Industrial Park, situated in the Udi Local Government Area, is open to additional investment opportunities.

They made this announcement during a press conference held as part of the activities for the 2025 Agbaja Summit, scheduled to take place in Enugu between November 26 and 27.

Agbaja land is made up of Udi, Ezeagu, Oji-River, and Igboetiti LGAs, as well as parts of Enugu North, South, and East local government areas.

Speaking at the event, Ugo Chime, who was chairman of the planning committee for the Agbaja 2022 summit, said the 9th Mile area, which hosts the Nigerian Breweries, remains an ideal location for investment, offering investors opportunities to site their businesses.

He noted that as leaders, they have held conversations with different communities in the area on the need to collaborate and co-exist peacefully with companies that come to operate in the area.

“The 9th Mile area has the best drinking water in Enugu and one of the best in the country,” he said. Apart from water, we also have other abundant natural resources such as coal and other resources that can help to transform the state and the entire country,” he added.

Commenting on the 2025 summit, its chairman, ChikeAnibeze, stated that it would focus on enhancing education and skill development among students in Enugu, as, according to him, the way education is structured often resulted in schools producing graduates who lack practical skills, while theoretical knowledge without hands-on experience was inadequate in today’s rapidly changing world.

Anibeze noted that the theme gained further validation in November 2024, when Governor Peter Mbah delivered the inaugural Distinguished Personality Lecture at Enugu State University of Science and Technology on Experiential Learning: Building the Wealth of the Nation.

“The lecture highlighted the urgent need for hands-on, practical training in our institutions, “he said. “The message resonated deeply, reinforcing our conviction, the 2025 Summit will therefore focus squarely on education and skills development -linking ancestral wisdom with modern training to prepare our people for a competitive future,”.

Anibeze added that the summit would also reimagine leadership, inspire innovation, and chart a dignified future for the Agbaja people.

“Apart from education, the other thematic development areas identified in 2022 are yielding good results. Each of them is being pursued with zeal,” he added.