Niger State Government has secured a partnership agreement with JS Bio energy limited to promote sugarcane farming in Niger State.
The agreement which was sealed at the Niger State Government House Minna had the Chairman Niger Foods Limited Mr. Sammy Adigun signing on behalf of the State government while the Commercial Director JS Bioenergy, Sandy Eyal signed on behalf of the Company.
Farmer Governor Umaru Bago described the agreement as another milestone in his agricultural revolution of the State aimed at promoting national policy on food security.
The agreement will see to the establishment of large-scale sugarcane cultivation, with a focus on ethanol production on 10,000 hectares of land.
The kick off of the project is slated within the next six months and will cover the construction of a sugar-growing estate, a sugar processing facility with a distillery, and a biomass facility capable of producing industrial ethanol for domestic and international markets.
JS Bioenergy will be the providers of the funds necessary to develop the project.
Both the Commercial Director of JS Bioenergy Ltd, and the Chairman of Niger Foods Limited Mr Sammy Adigun in their remarks highlighted the significance of the project to the agricultural drive of the Farmer Governor.
