The Executive Secretary, National Sugar Development Council (NSDC), Mr. Zacch Adedeji has identified the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) as an important government agency to partner with in the Council’s effort to ensure that Nigeria attains self sufficiency in sugar production through the implementation of the Nigeria Sugar Master Plan (NSMP). Mr. Adedeji dropped […]
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The National Sugar Development Council (NSDC) has formally received the Quality Management System Certification and Award from the Standards Organization of Nigeria (SON). The award ceremony which was held in Abuja brought to the fore NSDC’s elevation of his mode of operations and conduct of internal and external affairs to globally acceptable standards, a development
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The newly inaugurated Executive Secretary of the National Sugar Development Council, Mr. Zacch Adedeji has pledged his readiness to learn, understudy and work with all members of staff across boards for the overall growth and development of the Council in particular and the sugar industry in general. Mr. Adedeji who gave this pledge today during
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History was made recently following the formal commissioning of Nigeria’s first sugar training centre jointly established by the Federal Government and key private sector players in the sugar industry. The institute which is expected to address challenges of skilled manpower and expertise in the sugar industry is named the Nigeria Sugar Institute (NSI), located in
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The Council has presented a new investor (Nosak Group) to Kwara State Government. The presentation was hosted by His Excellency, the Executive Governor of Kwara State, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq (second from right) while the Council delegation was led by Director, Technical Services Mal. Salihu Bkeke (first from right). Mal. Salihu Bkeke presented a copy of Pre
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The Honourable Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Otunba Niyi Adebayo has met with major sugar operators under implementing the Backward Integration Programme component of the Nigeria Sugar Master Plan to look at issues affecting their operations and seek for better ways of addressing them. The meeting which according to the Hon. Minister was convened
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The National Sugar Development Council (NSDC), has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the National Sugar Institute, Kanpur, India to train personnel of the proposed Nigerian Sugar Institute (NSI) located in Ilorin, Kwara state on field and factory operations . Speaking at the event, the Executive Secretary, National Sugar Development Council, Dr. Latif D.
The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment (FMITI), Dr. Nasir Sani-Gwarzo has commended the leadership of the National Sugar Development Council (NSDC) for running an innovative and efficient agency, saying the Council is a visionary organization and model for other Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) to emulate. Dr. Sani-Gwarzo who particularly praised
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Against rising unproven claims that Nigerians are consuming too much sugar in their homes and could be responsible for health issues such as diabetes, hypertension and obesity, the Executive Secretary, National Sugar Development Council (NSDC), Dr. Latif Busari says available facts on ground show that sugar intake in Nigeria was relatively low compared with other
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Dr. Busari visits Bauchi Governor to discuss sugar investment opportunities in the state The Executive Secretary of the National Sugar Development Council (NSDC), Dr. Latif Busari recently led a team of senior officials from the Council on a courtesy visit to Governor Muhammad Abubakar of Bauchi state to discuss ways of possible collaboration to harness
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Accelerating the development and growth of the local sugar industry to achieve national self-sufficiency.