Monday, 28 August 2017

Vice President Professor Yemi Osibanjo to Commission Edo Fertilizer Plant



  
   The Edo State Government and WACOT Limited will on Tuesday, August 29, 2017 receive the Vice President, Professor Yemi Osibanjo, for the commissioning of the Edo State Fertilizer and Chemical Company Limited located in Auchi, Edo State.

    The NPK fertilizer plant which is in-line with the Federal Government’s Presidential Fertilizer Initiative PFI, Launched by President Muhammadu Buhari in 2016, is part of the administration’s drive towards achieving self-sufficiencyin food production and economic diversification through agriculture.
     According to Governor Obaseki the rejuvenation of the Fertilizer plant is an integral part of the Accelerated Agriculture Initiative vision of the administration, designed to support and actualize the job creation and food sustainability vision of the Buhari administration, through Public Private Partnership PPP, for an enhance state’s socio-economic growth and development in the state. 
   Speaking on the current state of the plant, the Group Managing Director of TGI Group, the parent company of WACOT Limited Rahul Savara, noted that the plant has been optimized for both physical and compound blending, adding that, it is ready for operation.
   It would be recalled that the Vice President recently commissioned a multi-billion naira WACOT Rice Mill in Argungu, Kebbi state.

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