Few months ago, a memorandum of understanding was signed between the Kebbi State Government and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) for the production of ethanol fuel. What exactly are the issues involved?
Kebbi State, as we all know is endowed by the Almighty Allah with all the potentials for high level agricultural production. We have the arable fadama land in almost all the 21 local government areas of the state. You know this is the era of change from over-reliance on oil to self-sufficiency in food production. It is in the light of the need to achieve these ambitious diversification goals that the MoU was signed between the Kebbi State Government and the NNPC. The objective is to collaborate to utilise Kebbi’s arable land suitable for either mass production of sugarcane or cassava to achieve a capacity to produce and blend of ethanol - what they call green energy - in order to blend it with premium motor spirit (PMS), otherwise called petrol. The idea is to get a blend to improve the quality of PMS. A feasibility study was carried out and I am happy to tell you that as it is today, the conclusion is that we have the natural endowment and a very resourceful human capital to generate fuel grade ethanol for the country to help push our desire to diversify forward.
What are the other objectives derivable in this agreement?
This agreement holds very promising blessings for the development of this country. As expected, Nigeria will inch towards self-reliance in sugar production because the sugarcane production will be massive. Again, animal feed will be available and affordable to water-down the herdsmen/farmers restiveness in the area. We believe that as more animal feed becomes available and affordable, the more clashes between herdsmen and farmers will settle down.
Thirdly, ethanol fuel energy to generate power will also be achieved, and finally and very importantly, 1.5M jobs will be created across Kebbi State. These jobs are available to all Nigerians and you can deduce the positive impact in the area of security, industrialisation and socio economic stability this will have on the survival of our country.
In the area of electricity generation, it is expected that about 75 megawatts will be generated.
Kebbi State has become an important player in the realisation of the agricultural revolution in Nigeria. What are these potentials?
Kebbi State is naturally endowed with human and natural resources. These two are very important in the pursuit of the kind of ambitious agricultural policies of becoming self-reliant in rice production which Nigeria has set for itself. Kebbi State is blessed with rivers that have criss- crossed the state and made the land very available and suitable for rice, wheat, cassava and sugarcane cultivation. We have the River Niger which stretches 175 kilometres across more than 10 local government areas of Kebbi State. We also have River Rima which criss-crosses for about 150 kilometers into many local government areas of Kebbi State. Don’t forget also that River Zamfara has also stretched into our state. Out of Kebbi’s 21 local government areas, only three or four are bereft of river endowment. In other words, the whole of Kebbi is endowed with the land and fadama resources to produce rice in the quantity enough to feed the whole of West Africa.

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Sarrki, 1.5 million ants or human beings ?
What's the adult population of Kebbi sef ?

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