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19/08/2026

NSDC Mobilises $1 Billion Investment Pipeline, Tightens Enforcement as Nigeria Accelerates Drive for Sugar Self-Sufficiency

The Executive Secretary outlines ex*****on-first agenda to Chartered Institute of Directors, positions sugarcane as the anchor of a new bio-industrial economy.

The National Sugar Development Council (NSDC) is repositioning Nigeria’s sugar sector as one of the country’s most compelling industrial investment opportunities, anchored on a $1 billion EPC-plus-finance partnership with SINOMACH of China, a ₦10 billion Sugar Project Acceleration Fund established with the Bank of Industry, and a significantly strengthened accountability regime under the Backward Integration Programme (BIP).
The Executive Secretary/CEO of the Council, Mr. Kamar Bakrin, outlined the Council’s ex*****on agenda when he received members of the Abuja Chapter of the Chartered Institute of Directors (CIoD) on a courtesy visit to the NSDC headquarters in Abuja on Thursday.

Nigeria consumes about 1.8 million metric tonnes of sugar annually, with an estimated one billion dollars flowing each year to foreign producers. Mr. Bakrin said the Council views this not as a deficit to be lamented, but as a ready-made domestic market waiting to be recaptured by Nigerian producers — value that the Nigeria Sugar Master Plan (NSMP) 2.0 is designed to retain within the national economy in the form of jobs, rural incomes, foreign exchange savings and industrial capacity.He noted that the sector’s historical challenge has never been an absence of policy, but the discipline of delivery — a challenge the Council is now confronting directly.
“We don’t lack policy. What we have struggled with is world-class ex*****on,” Mr. Bakrin said, stressing that the gap is not a farming problem but a governance problem — and therefore one that serious, well-run institutions can fix. — Kamar Bakrin, Executive Secretary/CEO, NSDC

He described NSMP 2.0 as an “acceleration mandate”: a deliberate compression of Nigeria’s path to self-sufficiency, targeting the delivery of about two million metric tonnes of locally produced sugar.
Beyond Sugar: Building a Bio-Industrial Ecosystem
Mr. Bakrin said the Council’s ambition extends well beyond substituting imports. Sugarcane, he noted, is one of the most generous crops in existence — yielding sugar, ethanol, animal feed and electricity — and NSMP 2.0 is structured to capture that full value chain.

“We have been blessed with a crop that is one of the most generous God has ever made. From sugarcane you can get sugar, you can get ethanol, you can get animal feed, you can produce power. Our job is to build a bio-industrial ecosystem around it — this is not just about producing a commodity,” he said.
An Investor-Grade Accountability Regime
On enforcement, Mr. Bakrin said the Backward Integration Programme has been rebuilt around four principles — qualify, reward, verify and enforce — designed to give both government and investors confidence that quota privileges are matched by real production on the ground.

Companies seeking import quotas must now demonstrate genuine commitment to backward integration, while major refiners are required to provide audited production commitments tied to their quotas, with clear consequences for shortfalls. The Council is deploying satellite imagery alongside field inspections to independently verify activity at every site — replacing self-reporting with objective, data-driven oversight.

Unlocking a Pipeline of Bankable Greenfield Projects
Mr. Bakrin said the Council’s diagnosis of the sector’s financing challenge is that capital is available — what has been missing is a pipeline of bankable projects capable of absorbing it. The Council’s response is to industrialise project preparation itself.

The ₦10 billion Sugar Project Acceleration Fund, established with the Bank of Industry, will finance feasibility studies and project preparation, converting greenfield sites into investment-ready packages. These packages will in turn feed the $1 billion EPC-plus-finance agreement signed with SINOMACH of China, which provides a ready channel for construction and financing once projects are prepared.

The Council is complementing this with structured engagement with Afreximbank and a partnership with the Nigeria Governors’ Forum to fast-track the development of sugar estates across the country.
Shared Prosperity: Farmers and Host Communities at the Centre.

Mr. Bakrin highlighted the Sugarcane Outgrower Development Programme (SODP) as a deliberate strategy to make smallholder farmers co-owners of the sector’s growth. Under NSMP 2.0, every sugar estate is required to reserve land for outgrowers and to invest part of its capital in host communities — through social infrastructure, employment and physical infrastructure — making rural prosperity a design requirement of the programme rather than an afterthought.

Learning from Brazil: Institutions That Compound
Drawing on the Council’s recent engagements with Brazilian authorities and other leading sugar-producing nations, Mr. Bakrin said the defining lesson from Brazil’s success was institutional, not agronomic.

“Brazil did not win by planting better cane. They won by building institutions that compounded productivity for years, for decades,” he said.

The Council, he added, is applying that same discipline to itself — developing Standard Operating Procedures across all its critical supporting functions using Six Sigma methodology, one of the world’s most exacting process-improvement systems, to build standardised, repeatable and effective processes that will endure beyond the tenure of any individual, including the Chief Executive.

“I hold a very strong conviction that the difference between the countries that industrialised and those that did not rarely has to do with the quality of their plants. It is the quality of their institutions,” the Executive Secretary emphasised.

A Strategic Partnership with the CIoD

Mr. Bakrin invited the Chartered Institute of Directors to play an active role in the emerging sugar economy — strengthening board governance across sugar estates, mills and outgrower companies, and contributing to the policy dialogue and consistency needed to attract patient, long-term capital. He assured the Institute that the Council’s doors remain open for partnership in support of national development.

Earlier, the leader of the CIoD delegation, Mrs. Fatima Nanna Mede, commended the Council’s leadership on the visible reforms it is spearheading in the sugar industry and the momentum toward self-sufficiency. She affirmed the Institute’s readiness to collaborate with the Council in all areas of mutual interest as part of its contribution to the advancement of the sector.

About the Nigeria Sugar Master Plan (NSMP) 2.0
The Nigeria Sugar Master Plan (NSMP) 2.0 is accelerating Nigeria’s sugar self-sufficiency drive by mobilising a $1 billion investment pipeline, strengthening accountability and enforcement, financing bankable sugar projects, empowering outgrower farmers, and developing sugarcane into a diversified bio-industrial ecosystem for sugar, ethanol, animal feed and power.

28/07/2026

Top 10 takeaways from Executive Secretary’s NCITI address titled: “Industrial Competitiveness and Productivity Enhancement”

1. N1.34trn spent on self-generated power

Nigerian manufacturers spent N1.34 trillion in a single year generating their own electricity, not on machines, not on salaries, but on diesel and gas. Every Nigerian factory is running two businesses, the factory and a private power station. Only one of those is in the business plan.

2. 4 million young Nigerians join the workforce every year

Four million plus young Nigerians enter the job market annually, and they are not waiting for council communiqués. These young people need real factory jobs, not promises. Skills programs remain pilots while millions enter the workforce each year.

3. 57.7% capacity utilisation

In the second half of 2025, capacity utilization dropped from 61.3% to 57.7%. This means 4 out of every 10 machines we already own are standing idle. We don't just need new factories, we need to make the ones we have work.

4. Nigerian Factories Pay 2 to 10 times more for critical inputs

A factory manager in Vietnam pays about 8 US cents per kilowatt hour for power. Their counterpart in China pays about 10 cents. Our factory manager in Enugu, Aba, or Lagos pays 15 cents on the grid and up to 30 cents on generator. On working capital, Vietnam borrows at 9%, China at 3%, while Nigeria borrows at 27 to 35%. On logistics, China ranks 19th globally, Vietnam ranks 43rd, while Nigeria ranks 88th out of 139 countries. At these input prices, we have already lost the contest before the product leaves the factory gate.

5. Manufacturing is only 8% of GDP

Despite having 230 million consumers at home and another 1.4 billion more duty free under AfCFTA next door, manufacturing captures only about 8% of GDP. Nigeria does not have a demand problem. It has a cost of production problem. The demand exists. The costs are the barrier.

6. Four costs must be targeted with specific numbers

For energy, we need reliable power at 8 to 10 cents per kilowatt hour, 24 hours a day at the cluster gate. For finance, we need single digit industrial lending at the right quantum. For logistics, we need goods cleared in under seven days at the port and trade costs reduced by 15 percent. For people and skills, we need to double output per worker by 2030. A cost without a target is simply complaining. These are the lines at which a made in Nigeria product actually becomes competitive.

7. Government fixes the ecosystem; industry fixes the factory

Government must deliver 24/7 power deals for industrial clusters, enforce the Single Window at every border agency, publish one levy list and clear roadside checkpoints, secure production corridors with response targets, and hold rules steady for five years. Industry must fix broken machines because much of what we call idle capacity is simply broken equipment, cut energy waste through audits that typically save 15 to 20 percent, meet SON and ISO quality standards, train apprentices with ITF cost sharing, buy more raw materials locally, and track output and cost per unit every month. Neither side delivers anything without the other.

8. Every incentive must be conditional on verified performance

Every tax credit, every cheap power deal, every patronage and government support must depend on performance that is verified and published. Incentives must be earned, not assumed. Where support has flowed regardless of delivery, incentives became entitlements. This discipline is how we end that. You only get it if you perform.

9. States hold the key: Six things they must do

Competitiveness is ultimately won at the subnational level. States must build their own state power markets under the Electricity Act and license generation for industrial clusters. They must make land bankable, not just issue certificates of occupancy, but ensure host community compensation is settled and physical possession is secured. They must enforce one levy and one window to end multiple taxation and clear roadside checkpoints. They must build industrial parks with shared power, water, and security. Their technical colleges must train deliberately for the factories they want to attract. And they must lead by buying made in Nigeria goods through direct state procurement and publish the results. The states that move first will take the factories and the jobs.

10. Four ideas for adoption

First, every state should designate at least one industrial cluster for a dedicated power arrangement within the next 12 months. Second, a federal state compact must harmonise levies and clear all checkpoints on industrial corridors. Third, the council should publish an annual State Industrial Competitiveness Index that ranks states on power costs, land acquisition time, levies, and logistics, a peer review mechanism. Fourth, enforce Nigeria First procurement at both federal and state levels with quarterly compliance dashboards. Each resolution needs an owner, a date, and a way to measure it. Otherwise it will be filed, framed, and forgotten, and we already have enough of those.

The bottom line

AfCFTA has removed defense around our markets. From now on, it's either goods are crossing our borders out or goods are coming in. We're either going to compete or we are going to concede the market. The Council has the instruments. Enugu is where we set the numbers and begin to keep score.

One scorecard to track

We must make manufacturing 15 percent of GDP. We must achieve power at 10 cents per kilowatt hour. We must bring borrowing costs below 10 percent. We must clear goods in under seven days. We must sell to 1.4 billion other Africans. And we must employ 4 million people every year. Those six numbers, opened and scored publicly at every NCITI meeting going forward, will determine whether we compete or concede.

27/07/2026

4 million young Nigerians enter the workforce every year.

Our factories are running at just 57.7% capacity. We spend ₦1.34 trillion annually on self-generated power. And our manufacturers pay 27% to 35% on working capital while Vietnam pays 9% and China pays 3%.

The gap is clear. So is the solution.

At the 17th NCITI in Enugu, we're adopting four key resolutions to power industrial clusters, harmonize levies, rank states on competitiveness, and enforce Nigeria First procurement.

The instruments are in place. Now we execute.

23/07/2026

The Executive Secretary/CEO of the National Sugar Development Council (NSDC), Mr. Kamar Bakrin, on Saturday, attended the final prayer rites and reception held in honour of late Alhaja Sidikatu Abake Basiru, who passed away on June 27, 2026, at the age of 96.

The deceased was the mother of Senator Surajudeen Ajibola Basiru (SRJ), the Council’s Board Chairman and National Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Alhaja Sidikatu was born in 1930 in Osogbo, into the famous family of Alhaji Adenigi Busari of Alawe compound and Alhaja Aishat Lawal (Daughter of Alhaji Lawal Akanbi, former Jagun of Iwo). With the benefits of deep Islamic education and disciplined background, she embraced commerce and built a reputation as a honest businesswoman whose fame spread from Ibadan, the capital of the old western region, to Osogbo, her hometown.

She succeeded as a wholesale trader in textile materials and marketer of food commodities. She also explored the northern parts of the country, travelling by rail and road to as far as Nguru in present-day Yobe state with eggs and returned with onions.

Alhaja Sidikatu lived a long, fulfilled and healthy life; and she continued to participate in active businesses until her children forced her to retire in 2003. She however never retired from extensive religious activities and philanthropic ventures.

She is survived by the NSDC Board Chairman and his brother, Alhaji Ismaila Basiru; eight grandchildren and two great grandchildren.

Aside from Mr. Bakrin, other prominent Nigerians who graced the occasion were Osun State governor, Ademola Adeleke; his Ogun and Ekiti states’ counterparts, Dapo Abiodun and Biodun Oyebanji respectively; former Osun state governor and elder statesman, Chief Bisi Akande; Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola; Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Senator Abubakar Atiku Bagudu; former Minister of Defence, Mohammed Badaru Abubakar; former Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Ishaq Oloyede; Osun APC governorship candidate, Bola Oyebamiji; his Oyo state counterpart, Sharafdeen Ali; veteran actor, Saheed Balogun; former NUC Board Chairman, Prof. Olu Aina; Co-founder of the Sahara Group, Prince Tonye Cole, among several others.

Members of the NSDC management who accompanied the Executive Secretary to the event, held in Osogbo, were the Director of Human Resources and General Services, Dr. Abiodun Adeyemo; Head of Strategy and Performance Management, Ms. Edirin Akemu; Head of the Executive Secretary’s Office, Mr. Teslim Bello; Coordinator of the Nigeria Sugar Institute (NSI), Mr. Dauda Ladipo; Director, Project Development and Investment Promotion, Mr. Balarabe Ladan; Acting Director of Procurement, Hajiya Fatima Bobbo; and Head of Finance and Accounts, Madam Nowamagbe Uyigue-Adeosun.

Others were the Head of HR Operations, Mr. Fatai Zubair; Head of Employee Development, Mrs. Okida Kaka-Senchi; Head of Corporate Performance, Mrs. Fauziyah Abdullahi-Mahmud; and the Executive Assistant to the ES, Ms. Iyeh Nwaka.

23/07/2026

The Executive Secretary/CEO of the National Sugar Development Council (NSDC), Mr. Kamar Bakrin, addressing the first cohort of the residential training on Basic Sugarcane Agronomy and Variety Selection held at the Nigeria Sugar Institute (NSI) campus in Ilorin.

25/05/2026

How sugar can address Nigeria’s unemployment rate, security challenges - NSDC boss

The Executive Secretary/CEO of the National Sugar Development Council (NSDC), Mr. Kamar Bakrin, has spoken about the potential impact of the Nigerian sugar industry on the economy and rural livelihoods.

The NSDC boss said a fully-developed sugar industry is capable of tackling Nigeria’s security challenges from the root cause by creating jobs and taking development to the rural areas.

Mr. Bakrin said this during a strategic meeting between the NSDC and the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) at the Customs Headquarters in Abuja.

Addressing the Comptroller-General of Customs, Mr. Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, and senior officials of the Service, the NSDC boss said modern sugar estates are designed to generate their own electricity independently of the national grid while also supplying excess power for national use.

“If Nigeria succeeds in developing a proper sugar sector, one of the things we would do is convert an annual outflow of over one billion dollars into jobs, security, and industrialisation.

“The sector can create 250,000 direct jobs and an additional indirect 750,000 jobs across its value chain, primarily across about 12 states. The beauty of it is that these are rural jobs, not city jobs.

He also linked the development of sugar estates to improved national security, noting that such projects create massive employment opportunities for young people who might otherwise remain vulnerable to criminal activities and social unrest.

“When you have sugar projects, you don’t have unrest or any security challenge because you create so many jobs for the youths,” he stated.

“A sugar estate provides its own power; it does not rely on the national grid. As a matter of fact, it contributes to the national grid. A sugar estate consumes only about 50 percent of the energy it produces, while the rest can be injected into the national grid,” Mr. Bakrin stated.

“And we are talking about 400 megawatts. That is enough to power at least a small modern city or community,” he added.

Mr. Bakrin explained that beyond sugar production, the sector offers a major opportunity for rural industrialisation, energy security, infrastructure development, and economic diversification.

Mr. Bakrin described the Customs Service as the most critical enforcement institution for the success of the sugar master plan, particularly in the areas of quota administration, import regulation, fiscal incentives, and anti-smuggling enforcement.

He noted that the Federal Government is determined to reverse the country’s over-reliance on sugar imports by encouraging large-scale investments in domestic production through predictable policies and stronger institutional collaboration.

The NSDC Executive Secretary said the successful implementation of the NSMP II would convert over one billion dollars currently spent annually on sugar imports into domestic investments capable of creating jobs, developing rural communities, and strengthening Nigeria’s industrial base.

He further disclosed that Nigeria possesses over one million hectares of tested and suitable land for sugar cultivation, while only about 200,000 hectares would be required for the country to attain sugar self-sufficiency.

He said investors considering billions of dollars in sugar projects require confidence that approved policies and incentives would be transparently and consistently enforced.

Responding, the Comptroller-General of Customs said the Service fully supports the sugar sector transformation agenda, describing the projected energy contribution of the industry as a major national economic opportunity.

“The potential for job creation, security, rural development, and the added value in terms of energy that we can use speaks directly to Nigeria’s economic priorities,” Adeniyi stated.

He assured the NSDC of Customs’ readiness to strengthen intelligence sharing, data transparency, quota enforcement, and operational collaboration to ensure the effective implementation of the NSMP II.

The two institutions therefore reaffirmed their commitment to work together on five key areas with a view to resolving longstanding bottlenecks around the sustainability of sugar estates and attraction of critical investments into the sector.

These five priority areas include market stability, information on imports and importers, implementation of quota allocation, implementation of sugar incentives and tackling the menace of smuggling.

According to the NSDC boss, the implication of the above five priority areas include the continuous implementation of the approved fiscal incentives for only eligible, verified operators; provision of real-time data sharing on sugar import volumes and importer identities to enable informed and intelligent decision-making and continuous enforcement of approved import quotas.

The two agencies are also expected to work together to ensure that duty waivers and differentiated tariffs reach only eligible and verified operators and fast-track clearance of eligible machinery and equipment. They equally agreed to establish joint intelligence and enforcement team to combat illicit sugar imports that are undermining the sector.

The Comptroller-General also called for periodic review meetings between both institutions to assess implementation progress, address operational challenges, and jointly brief President Bola Tinubu on developments within the sector.

28/04/2026

NSI revitalisation: Minister commends NSDC boss, wants Institute to commence full operation

The Minister of State for Industry, Senator John Owan Enoh, has commended the Executive Secretary of the National Sugar Development Council (NSDC), Mr. Kamar Bakrin, and his team for the painstaking reforms they have carried out in the Nigeria Sugar Institute (NSI) in Ilorin, Kwara state.

Senator Enoh gave the commendation during an official visit to the NSI where he emphasised the need for the Institute to become fully functional and become the driver of capacity development, technical expertise, and innovation within the sugar sector in line with its mandate.

According to him, as Nigeria continues to pursue industrialisation and self-sufficiency in sugar production, the Institute has a strategic responsibility to provide the required skilled manpower, research support, and agricultural inputs necessary for sustainable growth across the value chain.

“I have found the NSDC Executive Secretary to be passionate, focused, and committed to achieving the set objectives of the NSI. The policy reforms, capacity building and infrastructural upgrade that have taken place in the Institute within a very short time are quite commendable.

“I must however urge the Executive Secretary not to rest until this place becomes fully operational. This is because the role the Institute has to play in our drive for increased local production and industrialisation of the sugar sector is so critical,” the Minister said.

Senator Enoh reaffirmed the Federal Government’s commitment to supporting the NSDC and the NSI in achieving their mandates, while calling for sustained collaboration and dedication from all members of staff and stakeholders to drive the transformation of the industry.

NSI is a purpose-built national institution established to serve as the research, training, and technical backbone of Nigeria’s sugar industry. It was incorporated in June 2019 and formally commissioned in January 2021, and it operates under the strategic oversight of the National Sugar Development Council (NSDC).

NSI is headquartered in Ilorin, with specialised bio-factory and tissue culture facilities. These laboratories play a critical role in varietal development, seedcane multiplication, and applied research, supporting both the sugar and ethanol value chains. In practical terms, the Institute exists to ensure that the industry has consistent access to quality planting materials, skilled manpower, and credible technical expertise.

The Institute was deliberately structured as a shared, industry-wide platform developed by NSDC in collaboration with key stakeholders. Its purpose is to consolidate research and development in a single national centre of excellence and to ensure that critical outputs—such as improved seedcane, training programmes, and technical services—are accessible to all industry operators, not just a select few.

Today, industry players are actively utilising NSI’s services for seedcane supply, capacity building, and technical support. The Institute is functioning as a national centre of excellence strengthening the growth, resilience, and competitiveness of Nigeria’s sugar industry.

Since coming on board in October 2023, Mr. Bakrin has transformed NSI from a largely dormant facility into a fully functional, industry-facing centre for research, training, and technical support.

Over the last two years, more than 60 NSI staff have undergone targeted capacity-building programmes spanning both managerial and technical competencies. On the managerial side, staff were trained in project management, stakeholder engagement, negotiation, conflict resolution, strategic communication, and professional reporting—skills that are essential for coordinating complex, multi-stakeholder industry programmes.

On the technical front, staff received advanced, hands-on training in laboratory instrumentation, solution preparation, soil analysis, and equipment maintenance. These are highly practical skills that directly enhance NSI’s ability to run its biofactory operations, support sugar estates, and deliver credible research, diagnostics, and advisory services to industry operators.

Mr. Bakrin and his team deliberately repositioned NSI as a national hub for training and knowledge transfer. Through the NSDC/NSI Boot Camp initiative, the Institute began delivering structured, hands-on training programmes covering sugar processing, refining, quality control, industrial safety, and environmental compliance. These programmes are intentionally practical, blending classroom instruction with real-world demonstrations so participants leave with skills they can immediately apply in their operations.

Significant investments were also made in curriculum development and standard operating procedures. The Factory Operations Department developed a comprehensive, end-to-end curriculum covering the full sugar production cycle—from cane preparation and juice extraction to crystallisation, refining, and by-product utilisation—with a strong emphasis on safety and sustainability. At the same time, the Biofactory upgraded its SOPs for sugarcane and other crops, introducing detailed protocols for explant sterilisation, culture media formulation, and acclimatisation technologies.

The Institute jointly facilitated technical training for staff of Sunti Golden Sugar Estate, focusing on soil science, laboratory safety, sampling techniques, and equipment use. It also designed and delivered a comprehensive field-to-factory training programme for 20 new hires at BUA Foods’ LASUCO operations, ensuring they understood sugar production as a fully integrated system rather than a set of isolated activities.

20/04/2026

Sugar production: FG tasks Flour Mills on 300,000MT target by 2030

The Minister of State for Industry, Senator John Owan Enoh, has tasked the management of Flour Mills of Nigeria PLC on the need to expand the annual production capacity of its subsidiary, the Golden Sugar Company (GSC), to 300,000 metric tonnes by the year 2030.

The Minister, accompanied by the Executive Secretary of the National Sugar Development Council (NSDC), Mr. Kamar Bakrin, gave the charge when he visited the GSC Complex in Sunti, Niger state.

The visit was the third in the series of strategic inspection of sugar projects across the country in line with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s directive to concerned officials for the acceleration of Nigeria’s attainment of self-suﬃciency in sugar production.

The Minister and the NSDC boss visited the Lafiagi Sugar Company (LASUCO) owned by BUA Foods in Lafiagi, Kwara state, on Monday, December 15, 2025. The duo were at the Dangote Sugar Refinery (DSR) Complex on Wednesday, April 8, 2026.

In Sunti, the Minister noted that the current local sugar production in the country is a long distance away from the 1.8m metric tonnes that the country consumes annually, adding that, the GSC must contribute 300,000 metric tonnes in the year 2030.

He said he was impressed by the volume of activities going on in the complex, saying it amounts to huge value addition.

“It is a reflection of the implementation of the government’s backward integration programme.
It also demonstrates that there is a business going on; there is an industry with all the elements that you can think about.

“People are gainfully employed. At its peak, I understand this facility has about 4,500 workers. So, government’s requirement for gainful employment is itself achieved here.

“I have never stopped getting amazed at what production can be. From the farm, you get to the factory and find sugar produced.
“This itself begins to demonstrate the ability of the country, of these business people, and of the industry to achieve set targets.

“While we can praise this to be an implementation of the BIP, it still falls quite short in terms of what expectations are of that policy.
But I am glad that there is an ambition that by 2030 the annual output is going to increase to 300,000 metric tonnes,” the Minister said.

He reaffirmed government’s commitment to industrialisation and continued support for industrialists, including fiscal incentives and funding efforts.

“We are not there yet, but there is commitment; there is push, and the government itself is serious about industrialisation,” he noted.

Also speaking, the NSDC boss acknowledged the significant strides the GSC has made in recent times, but added that the journey is still far ahead and a lot has to be done to meet set targets.

“Without a doubt, we consistently acknowledge the very impressive strides that they make. We appreciate the commitment, the creativity they bring to developing projects.

“At the same time, we are relentless in pointing out numerous opportunities for improvement because we have a very significant journey ahead of us. It's not going to be achieved by us passing the buck constantly, but by holding each other accountable for delivering results. Not just delivering results, but delivering results in a cost effective and timely manner.

“The commitment of government to this is beyond question. The support that government has provided and will continue to provide is beyond question and the requirement for accountability is going to remain the same. At the Sugar Council, we have a very senior team that is dedicated to supporting the Golden Sugar Company,” he said.

The Group Chief Executive Officer of GSC, Mr Boye Olusanya, disclosed that the company currently cultivates about 6,600 hectares, producing about 20,000 metric tonnes of sugar, with plans to scale up to 290,000 metric tonnes by the end of 2030.

While the delegation undertook a farm and factory tour of the facility, the highlight of the visit was the commissioning of the Sugar Training School built by the GSC and located with the complex.

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