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Niyi Adebayo, minister of industry trade and investment,  harvested sugar in Mokwa, Niger state, on Thursday.

The minister did this at the Sunti Golden Sugar Estates which President Muhammadu Buhari inaugurated in March 2018.

While touring the facility, Adebayo said the investment by Sunti was among the largest under the sugar backward integration policy of the federal government.

The minister, who also used to opportunity to learn how to harvest sugar canes, said that the investment he had seen promised to provide jobs for many Nigerians.

In a series of tweets, the minister shared his experience at the Sunti Golden Sugar Estates.

He wrote: “I just arrived at the Sunti Golden Sugar Estates in Mokwa, Niger State, for my assessment tour of the backward integration programmes in the sugar industry.

“On my tour of the Sunti Sugar Estates, I emphasized that I am quite impressed with the level of investment and planning that has gone into this enterprise. It is my hope that this will translate into more jobs and opportunities for all Nigerians. ‪#SeeSuntiGSE.‬

“During my assessment tour, I had a great time learning how to harvest sugarcane at the Sunti Golden Sugar Estates farm — the largest investment under the Sugar Backward Integration Policy, which falls under the Nigeria Sugar Masterplan. ‪#SeeSuntiGSE‬.”

The National Sugar Master Plan was designed to attract over $1 billion annually in local and foreign direct investments and create an estimated 107,000 jobs over the first ten-year period.