Dangote to Establish 80,000 Hectare Sugarcane Plantation in Kebbi, creating 50,000 jobs

The Dangote Group has concluded plans to
establish an 80,000 hectare sugarcane
plantations in Kebbi, the state Commissioner for
Agriculture, Alhaji Sani Kanya, has said.
Kanya told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on
Tuesday in Birnin Kebbi that the plantations would be sited in Suru, Bagudo, Koko/Besse and
Shanga local government areas. According to him, the President of the group,
Alhaji Aliko Dangote would soon lead a team of
experts on sugarcane production to the state, to
meet with all stakeholders on the project. He noted that the plantation would create more
than 50,000 jobs to the youths and a flourishing
market for sugarcane farmers. The commissioner said farmers participating in
the project would be provided with improved
sugarcane seedlings, fertilisers and modern
production implements. NAN recalls that the state government had in April
this year allocated the 80,000 hectares of land to
the Dangote group for sugarcane production.