Dangote Sugar Refinery, DSR expansion in Numan, is targeting to increase its staff strength to 8000 employees on projected 17000 tonnes of sugar cane being crushed per day.
Already, 5500 Out Growers farmers were involved in its drip irrigation system to meet up, the second phase of the National Sugar Master Plan for sugar self-sufficiency in the country.
Chief executive of the company, Chinnaya Sylvain Judex, while conducting journalists, on fact finding visit, Wednesday, said the company hopes to increase its Out Growers farmers Scheme programme from 1000 to 2000 in the next five years.
“Our Out Growers Farmers are having a lot of benefits in what the company is giving them.
“We are into business to make the prosperity of our community, and everybody will be carried along.
“We are not in business to make profits.
“We believe that, to prosper in business, peace must be here”.
The upgrading of the sugar refinery is expected to generate 32 megawatts of electricity from installation of new turbines and 2-high pressure boilers of 90 tonnes of steam per hour.
Judex added that the singular feast alone can create job opportunities through Public Private Partnership to the people of the state as the company covers five LGAs of Lamurde, Numan, Guyuk, Shelleng and Demsa.
The company had provided additional primary health care facilities at Kwapukai, 3-blocks of classrooms at Gyawana Government Secondary School and renovated the same at Government Technical College Numan.
