Nigeria, April 11 -- Senators and members of the House of Representatives from the North-east geopolitical zone have condemned the exclusion of their region from the Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zones (SAPZ) programme.

The lawmakers under the aegis of the National Assembly Caucus of the North-east Geopolitical Zone said they are worried that none of the six states in their region was included in the agricultural initiative, despite the i's vast agricultural potential.

Leader of the Caucus, Danjuma Goje, said this on Thursday while addressing journalists after its emergency closed-door meeting at the National Assembly complex, Abuja.

The North-east states are Adamawa, Taraba, Borno, Yobe, Bauchi and Gombe.

The SAPZ initiative was...