Dangote to establish sugar factory in Jigawa State

The Chairman/Chief Executive Officer, Dangote Group of Companies,
Alhaji Aliko Dangote, said on Thursday that the proposed sugar factory
in Kaugama, Jigawa State, would provide 23,200 jobs in the state.

Dangote said this while signing a Memorandum of Understanding with the
Jigawa Government in Dutse.
He said that 10,000 workers would be recruited to work at sugarcane
farm, while 5,200 people would be recruited as factory workers,
according to theNews Agency of Nigeria
He said that 8,000 people would be engaged as casual staff during
farming seasons.

According to him, the group will generate 60 megawatts of electricity
to supply power to the company and other parts of the state.

The chairman also said that the company would also establish hospital,
primary and secondary schools for the staff and host community.

Dangote said when the factory was established, it would attract small
and medium enterprises to the state.

He said he was ready to empower people in the northern part of the
country through agriculture to fight poverty.

The chairman said his company would compensate farmers, whose land had
been earmarked for the company.

Dangote urged the state government to provide land for the company to
establish rice processing mill in the state

The state Governor, Alhaji Sule Lamido, thanked the Dangote Group for
investing in the state and expressed optimism that the people of the
state would benefit from the investment.

NAN reports that about 20,000 hectares of land had been acquired by
the company for sugarcane production.