Dangote driving agribusiness in North, sponsors 2026 nationwide agric present

Dangote Industries Limited has restated its dedication to increasing investments in Northern Nigeria’s agricultural sector, in alignment with the federal government’s agenda to strengthen meals safety, increase agricultural productiveness and create employment alternatives.

An announcement from the Group Chief, Branding and Corporate Communication Officer of the corporate, Mr. Anthony Chiejina, stated Dangote Group is deepening its dedication to Nigeria’s agricultural transformation by strategic investments in mechanised agriculture, advancing main rice milling tasks in northern states, alongside sugar backward-integration investments.

The assertion quoted the corporate’s Regional Director and Senior Adviser to the Group President, Mrs Fatima Wali-Abdurrahman, as saying: “These initiatives are designed to strengthen domestic food production, stimulate agro-industrial development, create employment and unlock the vast agricultural potential of Northern Nigeria.”

Mrs. Wali-Abdurrahman stated the group’s fertiliser enterprise represents a significant contribution to Nigeria’s agricultural improvement, offering domestically manufactured inputs that may assist farmers enhance productiveness, improve soil fertility and improve crop yields.

She disclosed that Dangote Industries Limited (DIL) is sponsoring the 2026 National Agricultural Show, scheduled to open on Monday, November 16, as a part of its continued efforts to help and advance agricultural improvement in Nigeria.

The Agricultural Show, organised beneath the auspices of the National Agricultural Foundation of Nigeria, can be formally declared open by the Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Senator Abubakar Kyari.

The assertion stated the group’s engagement additionally locations emphasis on inclusive participation, significantly by encouraging higher involvement of girls and younger folks, who stay important to the way forward for agriculture and agribusiness in Nigeria.

It stated the group’s imaginative and prescient is to contribute to a extra productive, aggressive and self-sufficient agricultural sector, positioning Nigeria to harness its monumental agricultural potential, strengthen meals safety and develop into a significant participant in Africa’s agricultural economic system.

Meanwhile, chatting with newsmen in Abuja, National Coordinator, National Agricultural Foundation of Nigeria (NAFN), Hajiya Aishatu Rufa’I Ibrahim, stated this yr’s Show is guided by the theme: Building a Resilient Nigerian Agrifood System: Empowering Farmers, Mobilizing Investment and Driving Innovation for Food Security and Shared Prosperity.

Mrs. Ibrahim stated: “This yr’s Agric Show is exclusive as a result of it goes past the standard exhibition of agricultural merchandise. It gives a strategic platform for connecting farmers, buyers, policymakers, know-how suppliers and different stakeholders to develop sensible options to Nigeria’s meals safety challenges.’

She described NAFN’s relationship with the Dangote Group as instrumental to its success in fostering private-sector partnerships that help Nigeria’s drive for agricultural improvement, industrialisation and meals safety.

She stated: “The Dangote Group remains an important reference point in Nigeria’s investment landscape, and we appreciate its contributions to the country’s economic development.”

She added: “The message of the Foundation to Alhaji Aliko Dangote is to induce him to proceed to develop his funding footprints in Nigeria’s agricultural sector. His expertise in large-scale industrial funding will help remodel agriculture by mechanization, agro-processing, storage, logistics and commodity manufacturing.

“The country needs more indigenous investors of his calibre to see agriculture not merely as farming but as a major business opportunity capable of generating wealth, creating jobs and securing Nigeria’s food future.”