The Minister of State, Industry, Trade and Investment, Hajiya Aisha Abubakar said technology, is critical to Nigeria’s drive to grow the nation’s sugar industry, adding that production can be fast tracked through the use of cutting edge technologies by sugar factory owners.
Speaking on the importance of the project to the attainment of the Nigeria Sugar Master Plan , the minister noted that the facility was designed to “address the critical constraint facing the Nigerian sugar industry, that is by ensuring timely provision of high quality seeds to our sugar estates and farmers.”
In his remarks, the executive secretary of the National Sugar Development Council, , Dr. Latif Busari, said the bio-factory facility which is the outcome of a collaborative effort between the NSDC and the University of Ilorin Sugar Institute is a bold step towards addressing problems linked to the production of clean, pure and disease-free sugarcane seeds in the country.