The Dangote Tomato Processing Factory in Kadawa, Kura Local Government Area of Kano State is to resume production in February.

The company, which began production in Feb. 2016, had to suspend operation due to lack of enough raw materials.
The Managing Director of the company, Alh. Abdulkadir Kaita, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Kano.

He added that preparation for production to resume was at an advanced stage.

Kaita said that the company had to suspend production, when most of the tomato farms in about five states were affected by a pest, which destroyed all the tomato species.

“We expect that tomato farmers would have produced enough for the company to process, hence our decision to resume production in February,’’ he said.

According to him, many tomato farmers at the Kadawa, Kura, Garun-Malam and Hadeja-Jama’are irrigation sites are expected to produce enough for the company to process.

“We deliberately decided to resume production in February because we don’t want to create scarcity of the commodity.

“We want to make sure that there is enough to process so that its price will not go up,” Kaita said.

He said that the company which had the capacity to process 40 trucks or 1,200 tonnes of fresh tomatoes per day, would soon begin recruitment of additional staff.

“All our trained staff are still with us and we are paying them salary but if there is need to recruit additional staff, we will do so to ensure effective service delivery,’’ he said .

NAN recalls that a pest popularly known as “Tuta Absoluta’’ destroyed tomato farms in Kano, Jigawa, Plateau, Katsina and Kaduna states.

Source:
http://www.ajayiwrites.com/2017/01/dangote-tomato-factory-reopens-february.html

Where are my farmers friend... Time to hammar..

See pictures of Dangote factory here..

http://www.ajayiwrites.com/2017/01/dangote-tomato-factory-reopens-february.html

This is great news....

With his substandard tomatoe paste?
Before you quote me with rubbish, have a taste of good tomatoe paste and compare it with that of dangote/erisco to know the difference.
Gino is easy to get & its better than dangote/erisco product
iranu

Dangote want to just get factory for everything.
Hope u are not planning a Baby factory sir

ok oooo.we dey wait

ISOKAY

WHO CARES?

godoluwa:
With his substandard tomatoe paste?
Before you quote me with rubbish, have a taste of good tomatoe paste and compare it with that of dangote/erisco to know the difference.
Gino is easy to get & its better than dangote/erisco product
iranu

And who told told you there is any tomatoes in gino sef

Iamlordgee:
Dangote want to just get factory for everything.
Hope u are not planning a Baby factory sir

if he didnt build any,u wud have also complained ....smh

If this thread was about a company shutting down business, the whole of NL wailing zombies will congregate and masturbate on it.

What a set of perpetually embittered people they are.

PMB will shame doubters.

See the snap shot of those viewing politics section vs that of those viewing this thread which is at the top of the home page!

Hypocrites, belly-aching nairalanders

Okay

A small basket of tomoto was N200 yesterday at kawo kaduna. who need canned tomoto when fresh ones are available and very cheap, and truly even when tomato ebola came my wife used dried tomato, is by far better than tin tomato.

Nice factory
Wrong kwontry ...

Great. We need people back working and we also need to keep up or ramp up local production!

godoluwa:
With his substandard tomatoe paste?
Before you quote me with rubbish, have a taste of good tomatoe paste and compare it with that of dangote/erisco to know the difference.
Gino is easy to get & its better than dangote/erisco product
iranu

Is Gino produced in Nigeria.? if not do d needful

while erisco is complaining, dangote is coasting away .

Hope he won't come and mop up the tomatos meant for the common man that will bring about sharp increase in the price of the commodity. Abt d company itself, i blv it is going to bring abt employments for some ppl.

. “Tuta Absoluta’’, it is only my Igbo brothers that will understand this zoological pest better.

DropShot:
If this thread was about a company shutting down business, the whole of NL wailing zombies will congregate and masturbate on it.

What a set of perpetually embittered people they are.

PMB will shame doubters.

no mind them...na hatred go kill some people

. “Tuta Absoluta’’, it is only my Igbo brothers that will understand this zoological pest name better.

martineverest:
if he didnt build any,u wud have also complained ....smh

Did u just took what i said serious... Bruh. Na Joke

A good development.

This is important stuff. Tomatoes are huge in Nigeria but the local market is ridden with wastage and the processed foods market with imports. More Nigerians with capital need to look into the tomato business.

thepeople2020:
WHO CARES?

I do

godoluwa:
With his substandard tomatoe paste?
Before you quote me with rubbish, have a taste of good tomatoe paste and compare it with that of dangote/erisco to know the difference.
Gino is easy to get & its better than dangote/erisco product
iranu

The so called "standard paste" or Gino did not get it right in one day. Standards can be improved as we go along.

Curb your appetite for imported goods especially the ones we have the capacity to produce locally. A thriving local production sector will ensure more jobs for Nigerians and help save on foreign exchange.

Kudos to Dangote and Erisco for blazing the trail.

Gud news again!

Raw Materials in Nigeria

Refining Plant in Nigeria


Distribution world wide

It's up to everyone of us to plant tomatoes at our backyards and we'll have more than enough to eat and sell

Well done Buhari

They keep avoiding the thread

It's not easy for them to see several good developments in 3 days into the new year

Some of them were even wishing to hear bomb blast on Christmas and New year's eve can you imagine ??

DropShot:
If this thread was about a company shutting down business, the whole of NL wailing zombies will congregate and masturbate on it.

What a set of perpetually embittered people they are.

PMB will shame doubters.