Lagos State governor, Akinwunmi Ambode on Friday signed agreement with Bühler Group in Switzerland to build rice
processing mill on 32,000
hectares of land in Imota area of Ikorodu in the
state and to create 200,000 jobs
"The state of the art rice mill will be
sited in Imota, Ikorodu and it requires 32,000
hectares of land for cultivation of rice paddy. This
investment is expected to create thousands of
jobs in rice value chain.
"...the current arrangement with Kebbi
State, Lagos would go into partnership with
neighboring states, to ensure sustainable inputs
for the mill and foster regional economic
integration", the governor said.
Bühler Group is a Swiss group that has been
awarded major contracts by the largest rice
processors and reprocessors across Thailand,
Cambodia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Philippines,
Malaysia and Myanmar; including Merry Rice,
Crystal Rice, Siam Parboiled, TPS Group, Nine Seas, Capital
Rice, La Suerte, Phung Hoang, Kilang Beras Pek
Choo Keok Sdn.Bhd, and Yoma Sun.
This partnership project with Lagos state government is projected to facilitate
the creation of more than 200,000 jobs across the
agriculture value chain in the state.
Governor Akinwunmi Ambode led a delegation of the State
Executive Committee members to sign an
agreement in Switzerland on Friday.
The Lagos State delegation included: Commissioner for
Finance, Mr Akinyemi Ashade, Special Adviser
to the Governor on Overseas Affairs and
Investment, Professor Ademola Abass,
Commissioner for Agriculture, Hon. Suarau
Oluwatoyin, and the Permanent Secretary in the Lagos State
Ministry of Agriculture, Dr. Olayiwole Onasanya.
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