Kwara alone can meet Nigeria's sugar needs - Gov AbdulRazaq

Date: 2019-09-13

...Eyes partnership with Dangote Group Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has said the state alone has the potential and the fertile land to produce Nigeria's sugar need.

Speaking during a visit to the Dangote Refinery and Petrochemical Plant in Lagos, AbdulRazaq said his administration is keying into public-private partnerships to attract investments and create jobs and wealth for the people.

With a monthly wage bill of about N2.2bn, which gulps at least 75% of the statutory allocation to the state government, AbdulRazaq said the only viable alternative is for Kwara to attract the right investments that would rev up revenue and economic growth, according to a statement on Thursday by his spokesman, Rafiu Ajakaye.

AbdulRazaq, however, said the drive would be made simple because of the state's fertile land, peaceful environment and his focus on fixing the basic infrastructure, the yardsticks AbdulRazaq said should attract investors.

Aliko Dangote, the chairman of the largest petrochemical plant in Africa who conducted AbdulRazaq around the facility, confirmed his interest in large-scale sugar production in Kwara state.

The Dangote Group has already acquired over 16,000 hectares out of the 50,000 hectares of land it needs for the sugar production in Patigi local government area of the state.

AbdulRazaq, responding, promised that his administration would work with the Dangote Group to make the investments a reality.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Tunde Oyawoye     Solomon Edojah     Kwabes     Yusuf Lanre Badmus     Makama Of Ilorin     RTEAN     Segun Adeniyi     Modibo Kawu     Yusuf AbdulRasheed     Lateef Fagbemi     Yusuf Ibitokun Sherifat     Tunji Moronfoye     Adanla-Irese     Lanre Issa Onilu     Manzuma     Aliyu Muyideen     Abdulsalam A. Yusuf     Mohammed Alabi Lawal     Senate President     Ahmad Olayiwola Kamaldeen     Sidikat Uthman Ajibola     Monthly Sanitation     Waheed Ibrahim     Gambari     Ijakadi     Baboko Primary School     Amosa     Ibrahim Abduquadri Abikan     Sulyman Abdulkareem     Balikis Jawondo     Kemi Adeosun     College Of Education     Oke-Ogun     Chief Imam Of Offa     Jeunkunu-Malete-Bani     Afonja     General Hospital, Ilorin     Benin Republic     Owo Arugbo     Oluronke Adeyemi     Abubakar Baba Sulaiman     IHS Towers     ITEM 7     Budo-Egba     Olatunde Oyeyiola     Bola Iyabo Ibiyeye Adisa     Mahmud Durosinlohun Atiku     Nigerian Supreme Council For Islamic Affairs     Sidikat Akaje     David Oyedepo     Olokoba Abdullahi Ayinla     Alimi     Ayo Opadokun     Iyabo Dupe Adekeye     Abdulhakeem Adelaja Amao     Abdulwahab Ololele     Nigerian Army     Ganiyu Abolarin     AbdulGaniyu Kareem     Nagode     Yahaya Abdulkareem Babaita     Ayotunde Emmanuel Alao     Amos Bajeh     Esuwoye     Gbenga Awoyale     Olubukola Kifayat Adedeji     Laolu Saraki     Turaki Of Ilorin     KFA     Yakubu Danladi     Balogun Ajikobi     Kola Olota     ANCOPPS     FERMA     Idris Amosa Oladipo Saidu     Gabriel Fashanu     Kawu    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Ilorin South Constituency     Ibrahim Agboola Gambari     Mohammed Khadijat Kubura     Oni Adebayo     Ilesha-Baruba     Olajumoke Monsura Gafar     Saba Mamman Daniel     Aishat Mohammed Lawal     Danhawa     Abdulmumini Sanni Jawondo     Ilorin.Info     Marafan Shonga     Musa Alhassan Buge     Isiaka Yusuf     Jimoh Lambe Abdulkareem     Chartered Institute Of Personnel Management Of Nigeria     Kayode Yusuf     Ajeigbe     Oniyangi Kunle Sulaiman     National Pilot     Rebecca Bake     Tunde Saad     Ilorin Anchor Men And Women     Cornelius Adebayo     Plat Technologies Limited     Haashim Initiative For Community Advancement     Bolakale Kawu     Saliu Mustapha     Centre For Peace And Strategic Studies     Oluwarotimi Boluwatife Adenike     Abdulkadir Akanbi-Oke     Federal Allocation     Ilorin West     Saka Aleshinloye     Laboratory-to-Product     Mohammed Lawal Bagega     Razak Atunwa     Babatunde Idiagbon     Col. Ibrahim Taiwo     Ronke Adeyemi     Senate     Medinat Folorunsho Salman     Ahmed Bayero     Eleja     Jebba     Waheed Ibrahim     08001000100     Tafida Of Kaiama     QuickWin     Bello Taoheed Abubakar     March 28     Amusement Park     Christian Association Of Nigeria     Oke-opin     Bank Of Industry     Anilelerin     Gambari     Sheikh Ariyibi     Budo-Egba     Bamidele Aluko     Kwara Pdp     Shuaib Olarongbe     Balikis Jawondo     Agor     Isiaka Danmeromu     Kassim Babamale     Sadiq Buhari     Markaz Arabic And Islamic Training Institute, Agege     Isiaka Gold     Apado     Dele Momodu     Ayedun     IDPU     Sulyman Buhari     Umar Ayinla Saro     Federal College Of Education (Special), Afon     Egbewole