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Our target is to end sugar import, earn forex from export — Adedeji


Mr Zacch Adedeji, Executive Secretary of the National Sugar Development Council (NSDC)
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Mon Jul 26 2021
Mr Zacch Adedeji is the Executive Secretary of the National Sugar Development Council (NSDC). In this interview, he said the target of Nigeria’s Sugar Master Plan is to end sugar importation and earn Foreign Exchange (forex) with sugar exports through Backward Integration Programme (BIP).
 
What is your assessment of the sugar industry in Nigeria?
One of the greatest assets we have at the NSDC today is the Master Plan put in place by the agency. The Agency has succeeded in stopping the importation of refined sugar. The country was spending heavily on the importation of refined sugar hitherto to meet its consumption, which has now grown to 1.7 million metric tonnes. Through the instrumentality of the plan put in place by the agency, Nigeria now has a combined local production capacity that is about twice that. ....

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'Selection of Dangote, BUA, Flour Mills for Sugar Importation in Line with our Master Plan'


Following misconceptions over the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN’s) selection of Dangote Sugar Refinery, BUA Sugar Refinery, and Golden Sugar Company, owned by Flour Mills of Nigeria Plc as the sole importers of sugar in the country, the Executive Secretary, National Sugar Development Council (NSDC), Mr. Zacch Adedeji last week spoke with a select team of journalists to clarify the CBN’s decision, which he said is also in the interest of smaller Sugar companies and the Nigerian consumers, Festus Akanbi was there
Recently the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) announced that sugar importation should be restricted to Dangote, BUA, and Golden Sugar. Many people feel this is empowering a few big players who can fix prices, What is your take? ....

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CBN's decision on Dangote, BUA, Flour Mills in line with our sugar master plan objectives —Adedeji, Executive Secretary, NSDC


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The Executive Secretary, National Sugar Development Council (NSDC) and former Commissioner for Finance in Oyo State, Mr Zacch Adedeji, speaks to journalists on the restriction of sugar importation permit to three big players in the industry, his vision for NSDC, effort being made at addressing constraints to the realisation of self-sufficiency in local sugar production, among others.
 
You were recently appointed Executive Secretary of the National Sugar Development Council (NSDC) by President Muhammadu Buhari, can you tell us about yourself, your career and the journey so far at the NSDC?
I am from Iwo Ate in Ogbomosho area of Oyo State.  I got my first degree in Accounting from the prestigious Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile Ife, where by the grace of God I attained First Class honours. I qualified as a Chartered Accountant of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) and I later completed a Master’s degree in Accounting from OAU. M ....

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