Kano Government Unveils Plan For Kano Economic City

  

Unveiled by Governor Ganduje, Emir of Kano Sanusi and Kano state Officials and members of the emirate council.
The Kano State Government has entered a joint venture development agreement with Brains and Hammers Ltd, a foremost real estate and infrastructure development company in Nigeria, for the development of Kano Economic City (KEC), a centre of trade and commerce on 117.2 hectares of land of global standards.

Kano Economic City will be strategically located along the Zaria-Maiduguri Road, a gateway to the historic city.
This is going to be the newest market in Kano, a city boasting of 1,000 years of continuous existence as a centre of commerce. the project is expected to cost N167.5 billion and will by developed under a BOOT (Build Operate Own and Transfer) arrangement.
The Kano Economic City is designed to accommodate a World Trade Center, a wholesale and retail market comprising state-of-the-art warehousing facilities totaling over 80,000 sqm and over 10,000 wholesale and retail shops, an education institute, light factories/industries, a conference center, banks, office complex, health center, police station, a games park, fire station, international coach station, a five-star hotel, motel, passenger and goods motor parks, trailer park, ancillary buildings and ample green areas, among others.