NSDC boosts sugar production to generate forex
The Executive Secretary, of the National Sugar Development Council, Mr Zacch Adedeji, has said the council is implementing measures to make Nigeria's sugar sector globally competitive.
According to a statement, Adedeji said would boost foreign exchange into the country and create employment in the country.
The NSDC Boss said through the implementation of the Nigerian Sugar Masterplan, the council had attracted huge investments into the sugar sector under its Backward Integration Programme.
He said, “The Federal Government, through the National Sugar Development Council is committed to building a globally competitive sugar industry that would boost the local economy, provide jobs for Nigeria's teeming youth population and position Nigeria as a net exporter of the commodity.
“We at the council are not resting on our oars in our resolve to revitalise the nation's sugar sector as we have continued to come up with sound measures and strategies that would accelerate our drive to attain sugar self-sufficiency.
“In our resolve to address the dearth of qualified indigenous manpower and professionals to drive the sugar industry, we established the now famous Nigeria Sugar Institute in Ilorin, Kwara state.
“The institute has commenced the training of young Nigerian graduates both in field and factory operations through an exchange programme with famous sugar institutes like the National Sugar Institute, Kanpur, India as well as the Mauritius Sugar Industry Research Institute, in Mauritius.”
He added, “It is indeed gratifying to state here that Nigeria has since surpassed its sugar refining capacity, and our immediate action plan as a forward-thinking agency of government is to replicate the successes achieved in the area of refining in field operations, which we all know is the heart of the Backward Integration Programme.”
According to him, the council was working towards boosting local production of the commodity to meet local demands and possible export in the years ahead.
He said, “In my last meeting with our major operators, we all agreed to focus more attention on the BIP component of the NSMP.
“So, we have resolved to match words with action, especially as it relates to meeting set targets and timelines. We are racing against time and would no longer entertain excuses from our operators on fulfilling their own part of the bargain.
“Sugar BIP was adopted as a special presidential project which implied a renewed interest, focus and oversight of the Presidency on the Programme.”
Cloud Tag: What's trending
Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.
NURTW Segun Abifarin Post-utme Kayode Zubair PAACO-PCL Consortium Ubandoma Of Ilorin Kwara State Sports Commission Onilorin Titus Suberu-Ajibola Abraysports FC Muhammad Mustapha Suleiman Taibat Ayinke Ahmed Rafiu Ajakaye Kassim Babamale Abdullahi Saadudeen Alikinla Arinola Lawal NIRSAL Ghali Muhammed Bola Magaji Theophilus Oyebiyi International Aviation College Rafiu Ibrahim Bola Olukoju Sanitation Exercise Abdulwaheed Musa Aishat Mohammed Lawal Hussein Oloyede Kwara Central Aliyu Muyideen Joseph Bamigboye Emir Of Lafiagi Harafat E. Mukadam SARS Gambari COVID-19 Palliatives Gbemisola Saraki Ayo Salami Bankole Omisore Adamu Ibrahim Sabi Yaman IHS Sarah Alade Waziri Yakubu Gobir Sarkin Malamai Elesie Of Esie Mohammed Tunde-Jimoh Bola Iyabo Ibiyeye Adisa JSSCE SSA Youth Engagement Ahmed Dankaya Isiaka Gold Noah Yusuf Abdulsalam Firdaous Amosa National Party Of Nigeria Ballah Gwanara Orisun Igbomina Sa\'adu Salahu Samuel Elizabeth Keatswa Aisha Abodunrin Ibrahim Ayodele Kuburat Olaosebikan Sa\'ad Alanamu Sunday Fagbemi Aisha Buhari Onilu IsDB Tosin Saraki Wole Oke Offa Grammer School Sola Saraki Educational Foundation Galland Marcias Ahmad Uthman Abdulahi Abubakar Bata 11th Galadima Yakubu Gobir Chief Imam Of Lafiagi Tunji Arosanyin

