BUA Foods Plc, the Lagos-based food producer led by Nigerian billionaire Abdul Samad Rabiu, is nearing the completion of Nigerias largest integrated sugar complex, a project aimed at boosting local sugar production in a country that continues to rely heavily on imports.
Located in Lafiagi, Kwara State, the facility is about 80 percent complete. What we are building here will be the largest sugar mill, plantation, and refinery in Nigeria, processing 10,000 tons of cane daily, said Kabiru Rabiu, group executive director of BUA Group, during a Monday site tour with senior government officials. He added that the project will generate 35 megawatts of electricity from bagasse and produce 20 million liters of industrial ethanol annually.
Fully integrated operations
