By Matthew Don
President of Dangote Group of Companies, Aliko Dangote, has revealed plan to replicate the revolution it brought about in cement production into agriculture, mainly rice and sugar.
Excited Taraba State Governor, Darius Ishaku, has expressed optimism that the state has the potential to produce the local requirement for rice and sugar as well as for exports.
Dangote said in Jalingo on Wednesday, July 12 when he paid a courtesy call on the governor, that his company is keen about revolutionising rice and sugar processing in the country the same way it achieved 45 million tonnes of cement within 10 years and hoping to hit 80 million tonnes in the next two years.
Dangote said he was in Jalingo to show his company’s seriousness in terms of agriculture, and to ensure that the Lau Sugar project becomes a reality.
He said: “Our coming to Taraba is to show our seriousness as a company in terms of agriculture and to ensure that the Lau sugar project becomes a reality. We intend to do what we did in cement when we started from zero to 45 million tonnes within ten years and to 80 million in the next two years. That is the trajectory we are looking”
“Agriculture is key to job creation. In cement, a billion dollars investment cannot create more than 15,000 jobs but such investment in agriculture would create hundreds of thousands of job,” he revealed.
Ishaku eulogised Dangote for living by what he says and assured him that he is determined to do everything possible to ensure the success of his project in the state just as he promised to personally supervise the project.
Dangote Promises To Replicate Cement Revolution In Rice Production
