HM @TradeInvestNG on the Presidential Sugar Backward Integration Program (BIP)
Why sugar?
-Job creating potential
-Key raw material for manufacturing
-Efficient source of electricity
-Efficient source of biofuels
-Value-Addition opportunities
#StateHouseBriefing
Why sugar?
-Job creating potential
-Key raw material for manufacturing
-Efficient source of electricity
-Efficient source of biofuels
-Value-Addition opportunities
#StateHouseBriefing
Key milestones in Nigeria’s Sugar Sector: #StateHouseBriefing 
Sugarcane is milled into Raw Sugar which is refined into Brown and White sugar, and Ethanol.
Byproducts of the Milling process include Molasses and Sugarcane Bagasse
#StateHouseBriefing
Byproducts of the Milling process include Molasses and Sugarcane Bagasse
#StateHouseBriefing
Nigeria has a Sugar Masterplan (NSMP) approved by @NigeriaGov in 2012.
It has 6 Pillars, as follows:
-Backward Integration Program (BIP)
-Annual Import Quota Allocation
-Protective Tariff Regime
-Support to Outgrowers
-Monitoring and Evaluation
-Support for greenfield projects
It has 6 Pillars, as follows:
-Backward Integration Program (BIP)
-Annual Import Quota Allocation
-Protective Tariff Regime
-Support to Outgrowers
-Monitoring and Evaluation
-Support for greenfield projects
Initiatives to accelerate NSMP implementation include:
—Nigeria Sugar Institute, estab 2019 nsdcnigeria.org/jubilation-as-…
—Presidential Intervention on Irrigation
—Import Duty Exemption for Agric Machinery & Equipment for BIP Operators
—NSMP Evaluation & Monitoring
#StateHouseBriefing
—Nigeria Sugar Institute, estab 2019 nsdcnigeria.org/jubilation-as-…
—Presidential Intervention on Irrigation
—Import Duty Exemption for Agric Machinery & Equipment for BIP Operators
—NSMP Evaluation & Monitoring
#StateHouseBriefing
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