Within 10 years of introducing the Nigeria Sugar Master Plan (NSMP), local production of the sweetener has grown steadily and billions of naira have been pumped into its backward integration policy (BIP) programme.
Nigeria has been making an average of 17,625 tons of sugar annually since the BIP
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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.
