Yobe Delegate Visits Largest Fertiliser Plant in Morocco.
Yobe state government has sent a team to Morocco to visit the World’s largest fertiliser company, OCP/Jorf Lasfar fertiliser complex, to help formulate strategies for resuscitating the Yobe state fertiliser blending plant.
The team, led by the Secretary to the State Government, Baba Malam Wali, included the commissioners of Agriculture, Hon. Mustapha Goniri; Higher Education, Prof. Bello Kawuwa; Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Hon. Ibrahim Adamu Jajere, and the Chairman of Damaturu Local Government Council, Hon. Bukar Adamu.
The complex’s Facility Information Officer, Amine Jamaleddine, who conducted the delegation around the facility on Thursday, said, “The OCP/Jorf Lasfar fertilizer complex is the biggest fertilizer company in the world with an all-year-round production capacity.”
She explained that “it has a production capacity of 15 million tones of fertiliser annually.
“The complex has about 20,000 staff, and the company produces fertiliser for all parts of the world.”
She expressed the company’s readiness to partner with the Yobe state government to resuscitate the state-owned fertiliser factory.
The state team leader, Baba Malam Wali, expressed satisfaction with the commitment of the OCP/Jorf Lasfar fertiliser factory and the consultants to partner with the state government to resuscitate the Yobe fertiliser company.
He said, “The Governor Buni administration has a strong commitment to revive the factory to meet the fertiliser needs of farmers in the state, generate employment, and export to improve the state’s revenue.
Similarly, the state Commissioner for Agriculture, Hon. Mustapha Goniri, said the revival of the fertiliser factory would boost the Buni administration’s ongoing agricultural revolution.
“Last year, the state government launched a massive agricultural empowerment programme with 100 tractors, solar pumps, irrigation facilities, other farm Implements, fertiliser, improved seeds, herbicides and pesticides, among others, and distributed to farmers free of charge.
“Again, last month, the state government procured an additional 40 tractors to boost crop production to enhance food security and for exports to improve the revenue of the state”, Goniri said.
African Network Center, the consulting firm, expressed optimism that the partnership would benefit both parties.
“The government and people of Yobe state would benefit immensely from this partnership, which would ensure food sufficiency and security.
“l have seen the great commitment by His Excellency Governor Mai Mala Buni CONto improve agriculture in Yobe state, and we are putting everything in the right place to make this partnership succeed, and for Yobe state government to succeed”, he said.
According to a statement by the governor’s spokesman, Mamman Mohammed, Buni is expected to arrive in Morocco for partnerships in other areas, including Education and direct investments in local government areas.
