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- The Dangote Group on Thursday said it had concluded arrangements to develop 16, 000 hectares of land for commercial farming in Kafin-Hausa Local Government of Jigawa State.
- The company’s representative, Mr Femi Afolabi, said this during a community sensitisation exercise in Kafin-Hausa.
- Afolabi said that the company would develop 15,000 hectares for rice cultivation, while 1,000 hectares had been earmarked for the construction of a modern drive mill.
- He said that another 10, 000 hectares of land would also be developed for seed out-grower farm, adding that the measure was to encourage production of quality seed.
- According to him, the company will spend about 250 million dollars on the project which will generate about 50, 000 jobs among rural dwellers.
- He said that the company had made adequate arrangements to ensure full payment of compensation to farmers whose farmlands were taken over for the project.
- Dangote Group had designated rice cultivation centres at Kafin-Hausa, Kwatalo, Dumadumin-Toka, Dudumin-Kyaure and Ruba districts, all in Kafin-Hausa.
- Source: NAN
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