The sugar sector can create hundreds of thousands of jobs and save Nigeria billions of dollars

The Executive Secretary, National Sugar Development Council (NSDC), Mr Kamar Bakrin, has said the nation’s sugar sector has the potential to create hundreds of thousands of jobs for the country’s teeming youth population. The Executive Secretary also said if the sugar sub-sector is properly developed, importation of sugar will reduce, which will save the country billions of dollars spent on importation. Mr Bakrin who led the Council’s management team on a courtesy visit to the Nasarawa state governor, Engr Abdullahi Sule, at the Government House, Lafia, sought the support of the governor, who is the Chairman, Forum of Governors of Sugar Producing States, in meeting the targets of the National Sugar Masterplan (NSMP) especially the Backward Integration Plan (BIP) component. He described the state as strategic to the attainment of Nigeria’s aspirations in the sugar sector, which include – to develop the industry, create jobs, generate electricity, produce ethanol and achieve self ...