Over the weekend, we were pleased to meet with a team from Saba Exports Ltd, an advance sugar industrial technology company based in India, led by their managing director, Khan Waseem Akhlaq. The team are in Oyo State to work on pre-commissioning and commissioning phases of the Oyo Sugar and Derivatives Industries Limited factory - a private investment based in Iseyin.
We are looking forward to the commencement of operations at Oyo Sugar and Derivatives Industries Limited as it will mean over 500 additional jobs created as well as collaboration with about 1,000 sugarcane farmers in the State. The factory is projected to produce 24โ27 tonnes of brown sugar and 18 tonnes of molasses daily.