No fewer than 7,000 workers are employed yearly by the Dangote Sugar Refinery (DSR) in its Backward Integration Project (BIP) in Numan, Adamawa State.

Speaking during a media tour of the company in Numan, the company’s Group General Manager, Operations, Bello Abdullahi Dan-Musa, said that despite employing thousands of youths as direct employees, the company also employed more than 7,000 youths at the peak of the production season.

The company recently paid over N500 million to the out-growers for the sugarcane they produced under the DSR Numan out-growers scheme.

The current capacity of the DSR Numan refinery of 4,800 Tons of Cane Per Day (TCD), he said, is being upgraded to 6,000 TCD by the end of 2023, 9,800TCD by 2024, and subsequently to 15,000TCD.

According to Mr. Dan-Musa, Dangote Sugar Refinery Numan has contributed immensely in the realization of the Backward Integration programme of the Federal Government.

“Dangote Sugar Refinery is Nigeria’s largest producer of household and commercial sugar,” he said.

President of the Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, had said that upon completion of the BIP projects, his sugar company will be able to create about 300,000 direct and indirect jobs, with positive multiplier effects on the national economy.

Speaking during the media tour, Chief Executive Officer/Managing Director, Chinnaya Sylvain Judex, said the expansion drive has reached a significant mileage.

According to him, the company has acquired state-of-the-art machines to support its production process, adding that it facilities are environmentally friendly.

Judex said its Backward Integration goal is to become a global force in sugar production, by producing 1.5M MT/PA of refined sugar from locally grown sugar cane for the domestic and export markets.

He said the company operates an independent power system, and that excess energy will be redirected to the national grid.

According to him, the power, from the Dangote Sugar Refinery, Numan, when redirected to the National Grid has the potential to contribute immensely to the rapid development of the economy of the entire North-East.

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Judex added that the energy will bring about accelerated development and industrialization in the region.

Meanwhile, the Paramount Ruler of Bachama Kingdom in Adamawa State, Dr. Daniel Ismailia has commended the company for its numerous Corporate Social Responsibility activities in the host communities.

Speaking when a team of journalists from the state visited his office, he described the intervention of the company as huge.

The monarch said the presence of the company has helped bring down the rate of criminalities in the state.

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