From ISMAILA MUHAMMAD, Dutse

The Senior Special Adviser to the state governor on Sugar and Cotton Production, Engr. Baba Aliyu Sintali told President Olusegun Obasanjo while conducting him round the factory, during his official inspection to the site on Tuesday.
He told the president that the construction work of the company has reached advanced stage with work on all administrative offices, the factory and laboratory has began in earnest.
Engr. Sintali said that presently, the state government has sunk about N14 billion in the project which includes payment of land compensation, purchase of equipment, payment for construction work, feasibility studies and other things.
The special adviser said that the company is wholly owned by the Jigawa state government, saying that this is a testimony that Governor Turaki is justifying what the state is receiving as monthly allocation from the federation account.
He emphasised that the farm where the sugar cane will be grown to feed the factory is five and seven kilometres on both sides, adding that establishment of a company is not an easy job, because it needs a lot of studies, consultations, travellings across the globe as well as technical advice from many quarters before it becomes a reality.
The president did not make any speech at the site but described the project as ‘’gigantic and marvellous.’’