The Dangote Tomato Processing Factory (DTPF)
in Kadawa of Kano State; has commenced
production with an installed tonnes of fresh
tomatoes per day, an official of the firm has
said.
The Managing Director of DTPF, Abdulkadir
Kaita, disclosed yesterday in Kadawa on that
the processing firm, which began test
production last week, had processed 500 tons of
tomatoes.
His words: “We have not commenced production
at full capacity by processing over 120 tonnes of
fresh tomatoes from local farmers in the state.
This is the reason why we are taking the
product in batches,” said Kaita.
He said the company would do everything
possible to ensure that the
tomato paste meets required quality standards.
According to him, the management of the
company will fix a tentative date for the official
inauguration of the company before the end of
first half of this year.
He said the company bought tomatoes from
farmers at higher prices than what obtains in
the open market.
He continued: “We purchase tomatoes at N20,
000 per ton irrespective of its species. So, we
buy a basket of the commodity above N1, 000
per basket and the current price at the market is
N300.
This is more than three folds the price in the
local market. The farmers are happy about the
price; because we have had several meetings
with the officials of their association before we
agreed on the prices. Once we collect the
tomato, the company will pay you within two
days.”
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