SANWO-OLU INSPECTS IMOTA RICE MILL PROJECT
Lagos State governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Thursday, July 4th, 2019 defied the downpour to inspect the Rice Mill and Industrial Park project being developed by the state government at Imota in Ikorodu Division of the state.
The inspection tour of the project site, Gov. Sanwo-Olu said, is in fulfillment of his promise to continue all unfinished projects initiated by previous administrations. The Governor was joined on the inspection by his Deputy, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat, and Head of Service, Mr. Hakeem Muri-Okunola.
Sanwo-Olu said the visit was to assess the progress of the project and also to get the contractor’s confidence on the completion date.
Describing the project as “capital intensive and strategic”, the Governor said the rice mill would be the biggest in the country when completed. The project, he said, is being built with a capacity to produce 32 metric tons of rice per hour and 2.8 million bags of 50kg bags of rice per annum.
Sanwo-Olu made this statement on Monday at the opening ceremony of the 2nd Session of the 34th Synod of the Diocese of Lagos, Anglican Communion.The governor also reinforced the need to keep praying as the country goes through trying times.
"The Governor said the park would have amenities that would make businesses to thrive and bring returns on investment to business owners".
- Gov. Sanwo Olu
“The mill is being built with a capacity to store up to 36 months of hundreds of thousands of rice bags. We have studied the entire value chain and we are speaking to other stakeholders to ensure this project, when completed, can galvanise people towards the objective of President Muhammadu Buhari, which is developing local capacity towards boosting agriculture and feeding the nation from local produce.”
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