{"id":62173,"date":"2025-03-05T13:48:51","date_gmt":"2025-03-05T13:48:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=62173"},"modified":"2025-03-06T05:26:59","modified_gmt":"2025-03-06T05:26:59","slug":"wike-lands-in-italy-for-high-stakes-talks-on-agriculture-jobs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/03\/05\/wike-lands-in-italy-for-high-stakes-talks-on-agriculture-jobs\/","title":{"rendered":"Wike in Italy to boost Agriculture, jobs in Abuja"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Jesusemen Oratokhai\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To bolster agricultural development and vocational training in Nigeria\u2019s capital, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has arrived in Milan, Italy, for a series of high-level meetings aimed at forging strategic partnerships.<\/p>\n<p>Touching down early Wednesday morning, Wike was received by Nigeria\u2019s Charge d\u2019Affaires in Italy, Ambassador Mustapha Mohammed.<\/p>\n<p>His visit is expected to unlock opportunities in modern agriculture and skills development, key sectors that could drive economic growth in the FCT.<\/p>\n<p>A major highlight of the trip is his scheduled meeting with Attilio Fontana, President of the Lombardy Region, on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Lombardy, often referred to as Italy\u2019s economic powerhouse, is renowned for its cutting-edge agribusiness sector and world-class vocational training systems.<\/p>\n<p>Discussions will center on leveraging Lombardy\u2019s expertise to enhance food production and job creation in Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>Wike will also engage agribusiness investors and vocational training experts, seeking collaborations that can reshape FCT\u2019s workforce and agricultural sector.<\/p>\n<p>Accompanying him are top FCT officials, including Dr. Danlami Hayyo (Education), Lawan Geidam (Agriculture), Dr. Udo Samuel Atang (Administration), and Barrister Benedict Daudu (Legal Affairs).<\/p>\n<p>With Abuja aiming to attract investments and implement innovative solutions, Wike\u2019s visit signals a bold step toward transforming the FCT\u2019s economic landscape.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Jesusemen Oratokhai\u00a0 To bolster agricultural development and vocational training in Nigeria\u2019s capital, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has arrived in Milan, Italy, for a series of high-level meetings aimed at forging strategic partnerships. Touching down early Wednesday morning, Wike was received by Nigeria\u2019s Charge d\u2019Affaires in Italy, Ambassador Mustapha Mohammed. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":62174,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[173],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-62173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62173","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62173"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62173\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62216,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62173\/revisions\/62216"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}