Governor Idris Wada of Kogi state has announced the donation of 20,000 hectares of land to Dangote Group to grow sugar cane and establish a sugar refinery.
The governor made the donation at the weekend in Lokoja during an extraordinary state executive meeting held to honour Alhaji Aliko Dangote, president of the Dangote Group.
According to Idris, the gesture is to encourage the businessman invest in agriculture in the state, saying that the state would continue to partner with Dangote in its transformation agenda.