The Dangote Industries Limited (DIL) has emerged as the overall winner at the just concluded National Agricultural Foundation of Nigeria Show (Agric Show) held in Nasarawa state.
The conglomerate won first position as a large scale farmer, as well as another award for being co-sponsor of the event held along Km 28, Abuja-Keffi Highway.
President of DIL, Aliko Dangote, is a major sponsor of the annual event aimed at improving Nigerian agriculture-value chain approach to agricultural development, public -private partnerships in agricultural development, farmer business management, agriculture nutrition and health.
Governor of Nasarawa State, Abdullahi Sule said his administration will continue to implement agricultural policies and programmes for the benefit of farmers.
Dangote won the awards in recognition of its contributions to agricultural development in Nigeria, and impacting the Agricultural foundation in Nasarawa state.
Chairman, Board of Trustees of the Agricultural Foundation (NAFN), Senator Abdullahi Adamu said at the closing ceremony of the 5- day event, that “Dangote has added value to agriculture in Nigeria.”
Alhaji Dangote, in a goodwill message, commended small- holder farmers for playing critical role in food production.
Representative of the group, Bello Dan-Musa said Dangote is committed to development of agriculture to create jobs and enhance food security.
He said Dangote Fertiliser Limited had rolled out over 5, 000 trucks of the commodity into markets since production and sales in June, to meet expectations of farmers for bumper harvest.
The Dangote Sugar Refinery situated in Tunga, Awe, Local Government Area of Nasarawa state, started operations in 2018 as part of the Backward Integrated Project of the Sugar Master plan of the federal government.
