Leading energy company, Shell, on Thursday inaugurated a multi-billion-naira Rivers Cassava Processing Company Limited built in partnership with the Rivers State Government, Vieux Manioc BV of the Netherlands, and the embassy of The Netherlands in Nigeria.
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Shell, Rivers inaugurate multi-billion cassava company
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By Udeme Akpan
A leading energy company, Shell, Thursday, inaugurated a multi-billion-naira Rivers Cassava Processing Company Limited built in partnership with the Rivers State Government, Vieux Manioc BV of the Netherlands, and the Embassy of The Netherlands in Nigeria.
According to Shell, it will support the economy and earning power of the Rivers State and its people from the cassava value chain while utilising leading technology to process and create more added value from the household crop.
Speaking at the event, Country Chair, Shell Companies in Nigeria, and Managing Director, The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited, Mr. Osagie Okunbor, said: “We’re happy to deliver a project that is designed to provide the agricultural sector of Rivers State and the wider Niger Delta with a sustainable institutionalised off-take mechanism for regional cassava production.”
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L-R: Chairman, Rivers Cassava Processing Company (RCPC), Mr. Glory Chuku; General Manager External Relations, Shell Companies in Nigeria, Mr. Igo Weli; Shell’s former General Manager, Sustainable Development and Community Relations, Mr. Nedo Osayande; Project Manager, RCPC, Mr. Reuben Geisen; Shell Manager for Social Performance and Social Investment, Dr. Gloria Udoh; and Bishop of South Sudan, Precious Omuku, at the inauguration of the cassava plant in Oyigbo, Rivers State… on Thursday.
By Udeme Akpan
A leading energy company, Shell, Thursday, inaugurated a multi-billion-naira Rivers Cassava Processing Company Limited built in partnership with the Rivers State Government, Vieux Manioc BV of the Netherlands, and the Embassy of The Netherlands in Nigeria.