The state Coordinator, Rural Access and Agricultural Marketing Project (RAAMP) in Benue, Mr Stephen Numbeve, disclosed this when members of the Correspondents' Chapel, Benue Chapter paid him a courtesy visit on Tuesday in Makurdi.
He stated that the bank chose to build a world class market to be dealing basically with fruits in the state so as to tackle post harvest losses.
He further stated that the market would either be built in Vandeikya Local Government Area (LGA), Ihugh to be precise or at Wurukum market in Makurdi LGA of the state, stressing that feasibility studies had been done already.
He also disclosed that the agency would construct 53 roads across the 23 Local Government Areas (LGAs) of the state.
He pointed out that the aim was to open up rural roads to enable farmers access markets easily, stressing that it would also assist in tackling insecurity.
"If the roads are opened up it will enable security personnel to move to security flash points with ease," Numbeve said.
He also said that RAAMP would construct six warehouses across the state, emphasizing that as soon as disbursement was done, work would commence in earnest.
He said that staff of the agency were unpaid for several months by his predecessor, stressing that when he assumed office, he cleared all the arrears.
