Dangote Tomato Processing Factory began test run production last week and has processed 500 tonnes of tomatoes.

The Managing Director of the company, Alhaji Abdulkadir Kaita, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kadawa on Monday that the company has the capacity to produce 120 tones of fresh tomatoes per day.

“We have not commenced production at full capacity. This is the reason why we are taking the product in batches,’’ Kaita said.

He also said that the management of the company will fix a tentative date for the official inauguration of the company soon. He said the company would do everything possible to ensure that the finished product met required quality standards.

According to him, the company would help improve the profit earning of local farmers who produce tomatoes.

“We purchase the commodity at N20, 000 per tonne irrespective of the tomato specie. 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 twice the price at the open 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,“ he said.

He also said as soon as the factory commenced full operation, it would buy the commodity from farmers in some neighbouring states of Kaduna, Katsina, Jigawa and Plateau.

“We are not restricting ourselves to tomatoes from Kano farmers as we shall purchase from farmers in Plateau, Jigawa, Katsina and Kaduna states. This will encourage more farmers to embrace tomato production in addition to reducing wastage of the commodity,“ he said.

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Oh

Dangote for president.

very nice development

No more imported tomato paste!

The Source though

“This will encourage more farmers to embrace tomato production in addition to reducing wastage of the commodity,“ he said.

Like Music to my ears!!, the level of waste is atrocious!!


Very soon, Dangote go organise consortium of investors & kuku buy naijiriya.

Good.
Nigeria sai Buhari.

All the very best Mr Dangote. We have waited a long time for this.

adeyemi2015:
The Source though

Anything wrong with the source http://9jabuzz.com.ng/farmers-to-earn-more-as-dangote-tomato-company-begins-operation/

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Anything wrong with the source http://9jabuzz.com.ng/farmers-to-earn-more-as-dangote-tomato-company-begins-operation/

Not really, but it's kinda strange! How come none of the popular Media carries the news yet?!




BTW; if the information is genuine, it's really a welcome development. Enough of silly importations. We need Nigerians like Dangote to reposition as truly "the Giant of Africa".

I don talk am before this guy go reach $50bn last last.