Flour Mills of Nigeria Plc (FMN) has taken the lead in propagating the National Sugar Master Plan (NSMP) Agenda through its Sugar Cane Outgrower Scheme.
The result presentation of the scheme’s pilot edition took place on the March 30, 2022, at the Golden Sugar Company’s Sunti Sugar Estate, Niger State with over 100 attendees including leaders of the scheme’s participant communities.
It was learnt that Flour Mills of Nigeria Plc has been participating in the NSMP and Backward Integration Plan (BIP) since its inception in 2012 through its subsidiary Golden Sugar Company situated at the bank of River Niger in Niger State.
At Sunti, the company has an area of 22,000hectares of land on which a 15,000-hectare sugar estate is being developed.
Our correspondent learnt that more than N73 billion has already been invested to establish the sugar estate of 3,500ha of irrigated sugar cane and a sugar factory with a 3,000 tons per day milling capacity.
The factory is the only one constructed under the NSMP and producing sugar today. Once the development is completed 150,000 tons of sugar will be produced per year.
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The Golden Sugar Company Sugar Cane Outgrower Scheme is said to be another integrated, direct, and productive response to the Federal Government’s quest to develop the Nigerian sugar industry with a view to ensuring that Nigeria attains at least, 70% self-sufficiency in her sugar requirement within the shortest possible time
Speaking on the processes involved in attaining the results by the Outgrowers, Anlo Du
He also note: “The pilot edition of the Golden Sugar Company Outgrower
Also, commenting on the programme, FMN’s Director, Group Strategy and Stakeholder Relations, Mr. Sadiq Usman, highlighted the commitment taken by FMN daily to ensure food sufficiency in Nigeria.
“At FMN, we are greatly invested in feeding the nation every day and the out-grower’s scheme is a pragmatic example of our commitment to Nigeria and the citizens. As a group, we are once again leading the industry in line with the implementation of the National Sugar Master Plan mandate. The results of the outgrower-scheme pilot