“We have been blessed with a crop that is one of the most generous God has ever made. From sugarcane you can get sugar, you can get ethanol, you can get animal feed, you can produce power. Our job is to build a bio-industrial ecosystem around it — this is not just about producing a commodity,” he said.

ENUGU — Nigeria must now choose between competing for the African market and conceding it to others, the Executive Secretary of the National Sugar Development Council (NSDC), Mr Kamar Bakrin, told the technical session of the 17th National Council on Industry, Trade and Investment (NCITI), presenting what he described as the arithmetic of a factory floor that has been priced out of contention — and four resolutions to reprice it.

Explore highlights from the second cohort of the Residential Training Programme on Basic Sugarcane Agronomy and Variety Selection at the Nigeria Sugar Institute (NSI), Ilorin.

Explore highlights from the inaugural Residential Training Programme on Basic Sugarcane Technology and Variety Selection at the Nigeria Sugar Institute (NSI), Ilorin.

The strategic blueprint for Nigeria’s industrial transformation has officially shifted from policy to aggressive execution. Grounded in the rigorous strategic framework of the National Sugar Master Plan (NSMP) 2.0, the National Sugar Development Council (NSDC) has successfully concluded the pioneer cohort of its landmark residential training program.