{"id":63329,"date":"2025-03-26T02:50:49","date_gmt":"2025-03-26T02:50:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=63329"},"modified":"2025-03-26T02:50:49","modified_gmt":"2025-03-26T02:50:49","slug":"obi-cubana-to-establish-tricycle-plant-in-ebonyi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/03\/26\/obi-cubana-to-establish-tricycle-plant-in-ebonyi\/","title":{"rendered":"Obi Cubana to Establish Tricycle Plant in Ebonyi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Ade Iyamoye\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Popular businessman Obinna Iyiegbu, widely known as Obi Cubana, has announced plans to set up a tricycle assembly plant in Ebonyi State to boost local manufacturing and job creation.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking in Abakaliki after a meeting with Governor Francis Nwifuru, Iyiegbu said his decision to expand into Ebonyi was driven by the state\u2019s improved security, infrastructure, and business-friendly policies under the current administration.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There is a peaceful environment, enhanced security, and improved infrastructure, making Ebonyi a preferred investment destination,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>The planned plant will focus on assembling and selling tricycles, creating employment opportunities and stimulating economic growth.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As businessmen, we cannot continue investing in other states while neglecting Ebonyi.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;One of our key partners is from here, and we are committed to supporting the government\u2019s efforts in industrialisation and agriculture,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>Iyiegbu assured that work on the project would begin in the coming months, promising visible progress soon.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Ade Iyamoye\u00a0 Popular businessman Obinna Iyiegbu, widely known as Obi Cubana, has announced plans to set up a tricycle assembly plant in Ebonyi State to boost local manufacturing and job creation. Speaking in Abakaliki after a meeting with Governor Francis Nwifuru, Iyiegbu said his decision to expand into Ebonyi was driven by the state\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":63330,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-63329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63329","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=63329"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63329\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63331,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63329\/revisions\/63331"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63330"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}