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Dangote: Execution of Sugar Master Plan could fetch Nigeria over $700million yearly

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<p><&excl;-- BEGIN THEIA POST SLIDER --><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad4" id&equals;"quads-ad4" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"uMV7ozym" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- TV --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"4399361195" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto" &NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>Chairman of Dangote Sugar Refinery Plc&comma; Aliko Dangote has said that the National Sugar Master Plan &lpar;NSMP&rpar; when executed as designed could fetch the nation foreign exchange in excess of &dollar;700million yearly from the Backward Integration component of the plan&period;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"zdEpaAaB" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- TV --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"4399361195" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto" &NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>Dangote made this disclosure recently while receiving in his office some businessmen who were on a visit to Dangote Sugar in Lagos&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He however warned that the BIP scheme must be protected to insulate the Nigerian economy to be able to achieve the twin objectives of local manufacturing and job creation&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;If the national sugar master plan is followed strictly and the players all follow the rules&comma; the country will be better for it as Nigeria will save between &dollar;600 million and &dollar;700 million annually as forex&comma;” he said&period;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"Mw1Ddjp5" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block&semi; text-align&colon;center&semi;" &NewLine; data-ad-layout&equals;"in-article" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"fluid" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"6550225277"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>Dangote also told the visitors that the Dangote Group is scaling up its social intervention in communities hosting its companies across the country&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad1" id&equals;"quads-ad1" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad3" id&equals;"quads-ad3" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>He said efforts were being made to impact positively on the host communities saying his companies had expended billions of naira in states where these investments are located&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Dangote explained that the Corporate Social Responsibility projects undertaken by his companies was in addition to efforts by his Foundation&comma; Aliko Dangote Foundation&comma; which is presently giving out micro-grants to vulnerable women in all the 774 local governments across the country&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It would be recalled that the Minister for Industry&comma; Trade and Investment&comma; Otunba Niyi Adebayo who was on a working tour of the Dangote’s expansive Savannah Sugar Company &lpar;SSCL&rpar; Ltd in Numan&comma; Adamawa State and Tunga sugar project site in Nasarawa State&comma; described the projects as &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;huge&comma; impressive and amazing&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The minister said about the Dangote’s sugar plantation in Nasarawa State&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;It’s a very impressive sight&period;  Amazingly&comma; such a project exists in this place&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He added&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;What we’ve seen so far from all the plantations we’ve been to are very impressive&period; We are impressed with the level of work they are doing&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Group Executive Director&comma; Government and Strategic Relations Mansur Ahmed had described Nasarawa State as one of the easiest states in the country to do business&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>General Manager for the BIP&comma; Dangote Sugar&comma; John Beverley had said when the factory was fully operational&comma; it would have the capacity to crush 12&comma;000 tons of cane per day&comma; while 90MW power would be generated for both the company’s use and host communities&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Last month&comma; the Nasarawa State House of Assembly lawmakers who visited the Sugar Project site said they were highly elated and would give any legislative support to make the project a success&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Group General Manager Alhaji Bello Dan-Musa had told the visiting lawmakers that when phase II of the project is completed&comma; it would make it the largest integrated plant in Africa<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;-- END THEIA POST SLIDER -->&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad5" id&equals;"quads-ad5" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; 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