Kogi state set to inaugurate N4 billion rice mill
- Governor Yahaya Bello says his government is set to inaugurate a N4 billion rice mill
- The governor said the factory has the capacity to produce over 1000 bags of 50kg of high quality rice every day
- Going further, Bello also said that over N300 million would be injected into the economy of the state every month, through the factory
The Kogi government is set to inaugurate a newly-constructed rice mill worth over N4 billion and with the capacity to produce 50 tonnes of rice per day.
Gov. Yahaya Bello disclosed this on Tuesday, September 17, during an inspection tour of the mill at Omi dam in Ejiba, Yagba West local government area of the state.
He said that the factory had the capacity to produce over 1000 bags of 50kg of high quality rice every day, and could employ over 5000 people as direct labour, and more of indirect employments.
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He said that over N300 million would be injected into the economy of the state every month, through the factory, while generating additional over N120 million as Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) for the state, monthly.
”The rice mill will also be producing fish and poultry meals, because we are presently having over 500 fish ponds in this Omi dam. We have the capacity to produce cassava and all agro allied products in this particular location,” the governor said.
He stated that the factory had its own independent power generation plant, powered through biomass gasification technology.
According to him, the capacity of the plant is 500kWh and the rice milling plant capacity at every processing line (shift) is 200kwh.
Bello also said that the plant would have an excess power of 300kwh, which would be used to power strategic locations in neighbouring communities.
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Meanwhile, Legit.ng had reported that Governor Bello unveiled an ambitious free health provision initiative christened; GYB door-to-door Free Healthcare Initiative on Friday, September 13, in Lokoja.
According to the governor, it was introduced as part of efforts to reach every citizen of Kogi in order to address the health challenges being faced by the most vulnerable citizens of the state.
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