Sokoto to Allocate 33, 000Ha of Farmland to Dangote – Commissioner

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Sokoto to allocate 33, 000ha of farmland to Dangote – Who's involved? commissioner Select Category Published: 26 Jun 2014 Short URL: http://farmlandgrab.org/23667 Posted in: Dangote | Nigeria Posts Comments Comments (0) Print Email this Recent posts

Blueprint | 26 June 2014 La grande ruée vers les terres d'Af rique Sokoto to allocate 33, 000ha of f armland to 27 Jun 2014 | No Comments Dangote – commissioner Les propriétaires terriens privés By Sidi A. Umar soulèvent l’indignation au Sénégal 26 Jun 2014 | No Comments Sokoto state government has approved the allocation of 33,000 hectares of farmland to Dangote Group of companies Sokoto to allocate 33, 000ha of for the plantation of sugarcane and procession of sugar f armland to Dangote – industry, the Commissioner for Agriculture, Alhaji Mohammed commissioner Tureta, has said. 26 Jun 2014 | No Comments FGV hopes to meet NBPOL advisers The commissioner, who disclosed this while brieﬁng newsmen Aliko Dangote, owner of the Dangote soon shortly after the state executive council meeting, said the Group, is Africa's richest man. 26 Jun 2014 | No Comments committee set up by the state government to identify a suitable site had recommended 33,000 farmland in Rabah District of Rabah local government. Canadian ﬁrm to launch Shari’ah- compliant f armland investments He said: “The farmland is OK because there would be no social problem, no compensation would be 25 Jun 2014 | No Comments paid. When the project is completed, it would boost the state’s economy and provide hundreds of thousands of direct and indirect job opportunities to the people.” Communities protest that UK’s Equatorial Palm Oil is poised to He said the company would have the capacity of producing four million bags of 50 kilogrammes annually. seize land in Liberia 24 Jun 2014 | No Comments

Meanwhile, the council has approved the procurement of 4, 500 metric tonnes of assorted fertilisers to Questions to answer f or Tate & be distributed to large-scale farmers at the cost of N 562.5 million. Lyle in Cambodian land-grabbing action The Commissioner for Agriculture, Alhaji Moh’d Tureta, disclosed this, saying that the decision was in line 24 Jun 2014 | No Comments with the Governor Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko administration’s drive to ensure food security and boost farming activities. Survey reveals f oreign ownership of f armland on the rise He said: “As you are aware it is a private public partnership and the total cost of this project is N 2.5 24 Jun 2014 | No Comments billion. The state government is going to have 20 per cent of the equity share, a German ﬁrm 10 per Fury over Senegal’s private land cent, while private investors from the state will share 70 per cent. buyers 24 Jun 2014 | No Comments “The state government has today approved the release of its 20 per cent equity which if translated will amount to N 500 million.” El caso Marina Kue y la “masacre de Curuguaty” 24 Jun 2014 | No Comments Source: Blueprint more...

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