Determined to make
Known as Tingo Foods Processing Plant, after completion will process food products such as mineral water, fizzy drinks, juice, chocolate, biscuits, tea, cashew milk, vegetable oil, beans, rice, tomato paste, coffee, noodles, spaghetti, spices, cassava and yam.
Dozy Mmobuosi, founder and former CEO of
Mmobuosi who said he was developing the industrial real estate on his property and equally lease to
He said
According to the agri-tech entrepreneur, the plant has capacity for storage of 300K tonnes of grain reserve and storage and encouragement to begin to take food security seriously.
On direct jobs, he assured that over 12,000 workers will be engaged when the first phase is completed.
"You know the effect. We are going to deliver phase one in December and then the final phase is done a year later. Most of the equipment has been procured, once this is done we begin to fix them.
"As you know most of them are going to be coupled when they finally arrive, most of them are around as we speak. We are already in partnership with the states in northern
"This is my first visit to the site despite owning it. This is my first visit to
On the issue of power generation, he revealed he has procured 11.6 megawatt of power gas turbine which will be leaving
On roads and security, Mmobuosi revealed he has been expanding the roads but would need the state government and others to see how they can support, even with security.
"We need the police, military and others for food security. This is about saving our existence, we are not going to be eating sand, we need food and this is a way to go. This project benefits northern and southern
"There is the benefit of local content and security. If we look back at how Shell and Chevron managed relationships with communities in southern
"I am available to support the vision of President
Corroborating, Hon
According to him, more companies like this will help to deal with the issue of food scarcity and the issue of production we are experiencing in this country
"We have to deal with the issue of insecurity and must guarantee food security for our people. Because a hungry man is an angry man. We must consciously put all our resources, time and energy into production and getting enough food for our people.
"Plenty of the items that we now import are things that are found locally here and the company is the way forward in terms of processing. Farming is unattractive in terms of the way people perceive farming in
"We see farmers as hungry and poor, rather than where farmers are the richest guys. Go to
"This is a welcome development and a good thing for Delta state and I also want the Delta state government to support it in terms of infrastructure. I am so happy and excited to be part of this project and I want others to partner and join in this to fund it sufficiently in terms of infrastructure and human capital" Shaibu advised.
Contributing, president,
According to him, there will be production and e-wire housing finance whereby all the 774 LGAs in
"We warehouse the raw materials for the farmers. The raw materials become collateral. We give out 50 per cent of it. The plant therefore becomes the first offer and we shall be able to control the price.
"Everybody in
To show their joy and appreciation, the community through the royal father of Onicha-
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