The
President, Dangote Group of Company, Aliko Dangote, has declared that
the sugar arm of his company will invest over $600million in the
production of sugar in Kebbi, Kwara and Sokoto states.
Dangote
made this known during a visit to the Governor of Kwara state, Dr
Abdulfatah Ahmed, where he expressed satisfaction with the government’s
effort at revolutionising agricultural in the state.
According
to him, his company intends to replicate what it did in the cement
industry by targeting about 65million tonnes of sugar which he said
could produce about one million jobs for the people.
Dangote
emphasized that in the next five years; the company would produce and
grow two million tonnes of sugar, as part of efforts to ensure that
Nigeria is self-sufficient in consumables instead of depending on
importation.
He
said Nigeria was wasting quite a lot of money in the importation of
about two million tons of sugar, adding that the company has identified
Patigi local government area of the state for the sugarcane plantation.
Dangote
further expressed the hope that by cooperating with people and Kwara
state government, the project would take-off before the end of the year.
The
Kwara state Governor, pledged that his administration was very
committed to work with investors in the bid to transform the economic
lives of the people.
Mr
Ahmed also gave the assurance that his administration would create
enabling environment for would-be investors to operate coupled with
adequate security for the growth of the economy.
He
noted that Nigeria would never get it wrong if it invests in
agriculture as the northern part of the country was endowed with arable
soil which could be utilized for agriculture as a foreign exchange
earner for the nation.
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