{"id":8914,"date":"2018-03-15T09:54:56","date_gmt":"2018-03-15T15:54:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/?post_type=news&#038;p=8914"},"modified":"2018-03-15T11:33:33","modified_gmt":"2018-03-15T17:33:33","slug":"buhari-commissions-sunti-golden-sugar-estate-in-niger-state","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/news\/buhari-commissions-sunti-golden-sugar-estate-in-niger-state\/","title":{"rendered":"Buhari commissions Sunti Golden Sugar Estate in Niger State"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"post-title entry-title\"><strong>PHOTOS: Buhari commissions 50 billion Sunti Golden Sugar Estate, to provide 10,000 jobs<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday commissioned Sunti Golden Sugar Estate in Niger State.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-YcPTI6sCRng\/WqqCJKxspwI\/AAAAAAAAXAk\/kCRjjWmZXMwhsjH03IKAdG_UHNFWTtzKgCLcBGAs\/s1600\/29244339_977944899037496_4355540576985153536_o.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-YcPTI6sCRng\/WqqCJKxspwI\/AAAAAAAAXAk\/kCRjjWmZXMwhsjH03IKAdG_UHNFWTtzKgCLcBGAs\/s640\/29244339_977944899037496_4355540576985153536_o.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">The sugar estate is located on the banks of River Niger, in Mokwa, featuring 17, 000 hectares of irrigable farmland and a sugar mill that processes 4,500 metric tons of sugarcane per day, considered as the company\u2019s biggest agricultural investment in Nigeria.<\/span><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8916\" src=\"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/613F28ED-1647-48DB-9BA4-836AADA4E27D.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"675\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/613F28ED-1647-48DB-9BA4-836AADA4E27D.jpeg 675w, https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/613F28ED-1647-48DB-9BA4-836AADA4E27D-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/613F28ED-1647-48DB-9BA4-836AADA4E27D-100x67.jpeg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>PMB with Niger State Governor Abubakar Sani Bello, Kebbi State Governor Atiku Bagudu, Chairman Flour Mills Nigeria John G. Coumantaros amongst others as he commissions Sunti Golden Sugar Estate in Niger State on 15th Mar 2018<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8917\" src=\"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/2B45DF86-7EE1-44B3-AF87-3D5832D3CA17.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"675\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/2B45DF86-7EE1-44B3-AF87-3D5832D3CA17.jpeg 675w, https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/2B45DF86-7EE1-44B3-AF87-3D5832D3CA17-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/2B45DF86-7EE1-44B3-AF87-3D5832D3CA17-100x67.jpeg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-header\">\n<div class=\"post-head\">\n<div class=\"p2\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"p1\">\u00a0The sugar estate, owned by Sunti Golden Sugar Estates (SGSE) Ltd., a subsidiary of Flour Mills of Nigeria Plc., will at full capacity, produce one million tons of sugarcane, which roughly translates into 100,000 metric tons of sugar yearly.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<article>\n<div id=\"post-body-5917592346398539541\" class=\"post-body entry-content\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div class=\"p1\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">The farm at the peak of production will provide direct employment for about 10,000 people yearly, and impact up to 50,000 people indirectly, including 3,000 small-scale out growers who will be cultivating sugarcane to feed the mill.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8938\" src=\"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/IMG_20180315_162646.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"869\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/IMG_20180315_162646.jpg 869w, https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/IMG_20180315_162646-300x155.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/IMG_20180315_162646-768x398.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/IMG_20180315_162646-100x52.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 869px) 100vw, 869px\" \/><\/div>\n<div>The 17,000-hectare estate is located on the banks of the River Niger, in Mokwa, Niger State.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8939\" src=\"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/IMG_20180315_164018.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1130\" height=\"753\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/IMG_20180315_164018.jpg 675w, https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/IMG_20180315_164018-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/IMG_20180315_164018-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/IMG_20180315_164018-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/IMG_20180315_164018-100x67.jpg 100w, https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/IMG_20180315_164018-969x646.jpg 969w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1130px) 100vw, 1130px\" \/><\/div>\n<article>\n<div id=\"post-body-5917592346398539541\" class=\"post-body entry-content\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Photo:\ud83d\udcf8Bayo Omoboriowo<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PHOTOS: Buhari commissions 50 billion Sunti Golden Sugar Estate, to provide 10,000 jobs President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday commissioned Sunti Golden Sugar Estate in Niger State. The sugar estate is located on the banks of River Niger, in Mokwa, featuring 17, 000 hectares of irrigable farmland and a sugar mill that processes 4,500 metric tons [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8915,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"news-category":[323],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Buhari commissions Sunti Golden Sugar Estate in Niger State<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Buhari commissions Sunti Golden Sugar Estate in Niger State\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/news\/buhari-commissions-sunti-golden-sugar-estate-in-niger-state\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta 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