{"id":29304,"date":"2018-12-13T12:53:36","date_gmt":"2018-12-13T12:53:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nsdcnigeria.org\/?p=29304"},"modified":"2025-06-06T07:08:05","modified_gmt":"2025-06-06T07:08:05","slug":"nsdc-holds-sugar-sensitization-workshop-in-benin-city-edo-state-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nsdcnigeria.org\/demo\/nsdc-holds-sugar-sensitization-workshop-in-benin-city-edo-state-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Nsdc holds sugar sensitization workshop in Benin-city, Edo State."},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify\">Council introduces measures to check flooding, clashes in sugar estates.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">Worried by perennial flooding incidences across sugar estates and plantations in the country, the Executive Secretary of the National Sugar Development Council (NSDC) Dr. Latif D. Busari says the Council is working in collaboration with sugar companies to address challenges posed by flooding head on.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">Dr. Busari who noted the negative impacts of flooding on investments in the nation&#8217;s sugar industry over the years, said since sugar projects are located in flood plains and close to water sources, hence sugar companies must invest in early warning systems and also construct flood protection dykes.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">The NSDC Executive Secretary who dropped this hint while addressing newsmen during the Southern Region Sugar Sensitization Workshop in Benin City, Edo state said, investors have continued to record huge losses which he said must be addressed in order to encourage investors to remain in business.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">To cushion the effects of the yearly losses recorded by sugar companies owning to floods, Dr. Busari said &#8220;as a solution Council will support the provision of loans under liberal terms to any operator who wishes to construct dykes for flood control&#8221;.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">&#8220;On our part, we shall continue to welcome and support initiatives that would make the nation&#8217;s sugar industry attractive to local and foreign investors&#8221;.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">On recurring clashes between sugar companies and host companies, Dr. Busari said &#8221; the Sugar Council has ongoing activities to sensitize host communities on economic prospects of sugar projects&#8221;.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">He said the Council is also encouraging the establishment of sugarcane outgrower schemes and other Corporate Social Responsibility projects by sugar projects.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">Speaking at the event, Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki commended the Council for how well it has implemented the National Sugar Master Plan (NSMP), noting that Edo State would take lessons from the sugar industry to develop its agribusiness sector, especially the oil palm sub-sector.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">He described the workshop as an opportunity for the state to expand her knowledge base in making agriculture the mainstay of the state\u2019s economy.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">\u201cWe are one of the states endowed with numerous agricultural resources. We believe that agriculture is what will take us to our Eldorado, especially with increased investment in oil palm and rubber,\u201d he said.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">Mr. Obaseki maintained that the state will grow crops with comparative advantage in yield, and assured that necessary measures are being put in place to ensure that the state does not only produce raw materials but also processes them into finished goods.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">Also speaking at the workshop, the Director, Policy Planning Research and Statistics, NSDC, Mr. Kolawole Hezekiah, said the Council has put in place necessary measures that would attract investors to the sector.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">The workshop has &#8220;<strong><em>The emerging challenges in the implementation of the NSMP towards the realization of National self-sufficiency in sugar<\/em><\/strong>&#8221; as its theme.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Council introduces measures to check flooding, clashes in sugar estates. 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