The Managing Director, Dangote Tomatoes Processing Factory in Kadawa, Kano State Alhaji Abdulkadir Kaita, has said that the company has the capacity to process about 120 tonnes of fresh tomatoes a day.
Kaita made this known in Kadawa on Monday that the company, which began test production last week, had processed 500 tonnes of tomatoes. “We have not commenced production at full capacity. This is the reason why we are taking the product in batches,’’
He assured that the company would do everything possible to ensure that the finished product met required quality standards. According to him, the management of the company will fix a tentative date for the official inauguration of the company soon. He said the company bought tomatoes from farmers at higher prices than the existed in the open market.
“We purchase the commodity at N20, 000 per tonne irrespective of the tomato specie.
“So we buy a basket of the commodity above N1, 000 per basket and the current price at the market is N300. This is more than twice the price at the open market.
“The farmers are happy about the price because we have had several meetings with the officials of their association before we agreed on the prices.
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