DANGOTE Group of Companies has
said that all necessary arrangement has been finalized to establish a
large-scale rice mill in Kano, with a capacity of 250,000 tones per annum.
The group’s project, it claims,
is also scheduled to be inaugurated by the end of next year, and it would be
the largest fertilizer plant in sub-Sahara Africa, with a capacity of 2.8
million tonnes per annum.
The Executive Director of the
Dangote Group, Hajiya Halima Dangote, who dropped the hint at the Dangote Day
at the 37th Kano Trade Fair, said when the mill becomes fully operational, it
was expected to commence processing of all the rice harvested from three
states, namely, Sokoto, Zamfara and Kano.
“Our Group has already commenced
rice production through an extensive out grower programme in Jigawa State,
which would be replicated in Zamfara, Sokoto and some other states, making it
expedient for the group to establish a large-scale rice mill in Kano.”
She further stated that the
Dangote Group was committed to partnering with both the Federal and the Kano
State government to explore the opportunities in agriculture, mining and
infrastructure.
According to her: “You are
already aware of our recent reopening of our flour mill here in Kano, as well
as the ongoing tomato processing project, which would have been fully
operational by now, but for the tomato disease, which affected the production
last season, coupled with some technical problems at the factory, as we are
currently working very hard to resolve these problems and resume operation.”
Noting that while the group was
by no means discouraged by the present difficulties, it however, viewed them as
challenges that the country would overcome.
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