The 120 million dollars Sabmiller Brewery plant in Onitsha, Anambra, will commence production in August, 2012.

Peter Stuttard, the company's Business Development Manager, made this known to newsmen during a facility tour of the plant in Onitsha on Wednesday.

Stuttard, who said that construction work on the plant had reached 95 per cent completion, added that the brewery was cited in Onitsha because of the `huge’ market opportunities in the area.

He said that no fewer than 200 workers had been recruited by the company.

He said that 90 per cent of the raw materials needed to produce beer in the plant would be sourced locally.

The manger said that the brewery would produce two brands of beer and malt as well as yoghurt.

He said that some of the raw materials like malt and sorghum would be sourced from the company’s farms in Tanzania, Uganda and Ghana.

Stuttard said that officials of the plant had put in place measures to avert its negative impact to the environment after Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) study of the project was conducted.

The state Commissioner for Special Duties, Mr Vincent Ezenwajiaku, who led newsmen on the facility tour, reiterated the commitment of the government to attract investment to the state.

``Citing of the company in Onitsha will not only attract other investors to the state but will also help to boost the revenue base of the state,’’ the commissioner said.

Ezenwajiaku added that the government had 10 per cent shares in the company.


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Letssss go thereeee. Anambra is going places

Anyone around Onitsha will realize NB PLC is gradually losing market share as grand beer and malt is becoming a stable everywhere even before the company had produced a bottle.

NB is an old story, its just a shadow of itself. SAB has taken over NIgerian and African market already. I even took their beer today @ Bejoy on my way home from work. Its the best beer I have taken in a decade. Their Malt drink is out of this world.