North will continue to drag Nigeria backward –Barigha-Amange

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Dr. Junaid Muhammed in a recent interview said the northerners fought and died to create South-South states. Do you agree?

I believe that Junaid Muhammed must have been misquoted. If he said northerners fought and died to create South-South states, the statement is not clear. The issue here is that without the South-South, Nigeria would not have been one today. When you talk of South-South, two thirds of South-South are in Bayelsa, Rivers, Akwa Ibom and Cross River states. And they were supposed to join the South East to form the Republic of Biafra but because those four states opted out and wanted Nigeria to remain one, that is why Nigeria is one today.

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FG begins implementation of Backward Integration Policy in sugar industry

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Federal Government has commenced the implementation of the Backward Integration Policy (BIP) in the sugar industry with the approval of the plans and projects by three sugar refineries in Nigeria.

The Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Mr Olusegun Aganga, performed the signing-off ceremony in Abuja on Tuesday with the representatives of Dangote Sugar Refinery, BUA Group and Golden Sugar Refinery.  

The Federal Executive Council had on Oct. 19, 2012, approved the Nigerian National Sugar Master Plan (NSMP). The NSMP is expected to generate about 170,000 new jobs across the country, ensure self sufficiency in sugar production, and conserve about $350 million annually in foreign exchange.

According to the plan, the sugar industry is also expected to produce about 1,797,000 tonnes of the commodity annually.

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