President, Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote
Dangote
Sugar has said it will create 150,000 jobs at its new sugar plantations
located in Sokoto, Kebbi, Jigawa, Taraba, Kogi and Kwara states.
The newly appointed Group Managing
Director, Dangote Sugar Group, Mr. Graham Clark, was on Sunday quoted as
saying this, adding that the company would continue to strengthen
output, sales and distribution through a large distribution network.
He said there were plans to begin
production in Savannah Sugar, one of the Dangote Sugar’s subsidiaries,
with the aim of increasing its sugar refineries to five across the
country.
He said Dangote Sugar embarked on the
expansion as part of its efforts to boost the integrated sugar cane
farming and sugar milling through increased plant capacity from 50,00
tonnes per annum to 200,000 tonnes.
According to Clark, the remodelling of
the integrated sugar production will enhance the company’s value-chain
process, as by-products will be extracted from sugar cane for
production.
He said, “Unlike before, where we import
raw sugar for refining, the economic model of the sugar plantation is
profitable when examined from the value-chain process. We will change
the whole process and seek partnerships with communities and state
governments in order to aid the land acquisition for sugar plantation.
“The company is actively pursuing a
backward integration master plan with a target of producing a total of
1.5 million tonnes of sugar per annum locally from its subsidiaries. We
will also continue to strengthen output, sales and distribution through a
large distribution network.”
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