How Dangote Aims to Create Over 30,000 Jobs in Nasarawa

By Tolulope Oke

Aliko Dangote, the president of the Dangote Group, announced in a statement that the company was starting Phase II of its sugar project which would create jobs for over 30,000 young people.

How Dangote Aims to Create Over 30,000 Jobs in Nasarawa

He noted that the project would encompass more than 100,000 ha and make the sugar mill the largest in Africa, creating jobs for over 30,000 young people.

According to Dangote, the integrated sugar complex will be in Tunga, in the Nasarawa State local government area of Awe, and will include a 60,000 ha sugar plantation and two sugar refineries with a combined capacity of 430,000 tonnes of refined white sugar annually.

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It stated that, “According to the Trade Data Monitor, Brazil’s cumulative raw sugar exports to Nigeria in 2020/21 season was 1.62 million tonnes, while domestic cane sugar production has slumped from 75,000 tonnes to 70,000 tonnes, about 6.7 per cent decline within one year.”

In light of this, the management of Dangote Sugar Refinery Plc stated that it plans to cut back on sugar imports by 40%.