GB Foods opens N20bn tomato processing plant to cut import bill

L-R: Abubakar Atiku Bagudu, Minister of Budget and Economic Planning; Ignasi Ricou, CEO, GB Foods; H.E. Juan Sell, Spanish Ambassador to Nigeria; Nasir Idris, Governor of Kebbi State; Abubakar Kyari, Minister of Agriculture and Food Security; Mohammed Idris, Minister of Information and National Orientation; . Muhammad Zayyanu-Abdullahi, Emir of Yauri, and Vincent Egbe, MD/CEO, GB Foods Nigeria during the commissioning of a state-of-the-art integrated tomato processing plant and expanded farm facilities in Gafara, Kebbi State over the weekend.

GB Foods, a leading culinary business across Africa and Europe has opened a N20 billion state-of-the-art tomato processing plant in Kebbi state to boost paste production in Africa’s most populous nation and help reduce import bill of the commodity. The farm and factory, spanning 1,500 hectares

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Josephine Okojie-Okeiyi

Josephine Okojie-Okeiyi is a journalist with over five years’ reporting experience. She writes on industry, agriculture, commodities, climate change, and environmental issues. She is fellow of Thomson Reuters Foundation and Bloomberg Media Initiative for Africa.