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Fri Jun 11 2021
The Executive Secretary, National Sugar Development Council (NSDC), Mr. Zacch Adedeji, has said basic infrastructure is key to hasten Nigeria’s desire for self-sufficiency in sugar.
Mr. Adedeji disclosed this yesterday while receiving members of the House of Representatives Committee on Industry during an oversight visit to the recently commissioned Nigeria Sugar Institute, Ilorin, Kwara state.
He said these infrastructure include roads, electricity and also qualified manpower.
While assuring members of the Committee of the Council’s readiness to ensure that all sugar sector policies as enshrined in the Nigeria Sugar Master Plan (NSMP) are strictly complied with and implemented to the letter by investors and other interested parties, Mr. Adedeji also listed insecurity, community hostilities, lack of access to land and natural disasters as some of the challenges confronting the sector.
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Sun Apr 18 2021
The recent decision of social media giant, Twitter, to set up its Africa office in Accra, Ghana, has reopened talks on how Nigeria increasingly lose similar opportunity even as more companies relocate to the Ghanian capital. Daily Trust on Sunday reports on the trend and how it can be reversed.
Ghana, and not Nigeria, has become the preferred destination for international firms hoping to invest and set up offices in Africa, findings have revealed.
Few days after micro-blogging site Twitter announced plans to establish its Africa headquarters in Ghana, the German Government said it has chosen the former Gold Coast country as the location for the West African Centre of Global Health.