FG Presidential Fertilizer Committee Commends Indorama for Keying into Plan to Supply NPK at Cheaper Price to Farmers Nationwide
The Presidential Committee on Fertilizer Initiative (PCFI) has
expressed satisfaction with the participation of Indorama Eleme
Fertilizer & Chemicals Limited (IEFCL) (www.Indorama.com), Port
Harcourt, in the programme aimed at supplying NPK fertilizer to
farmers nationwide at cheaper cost.
Chairman of the committee, Alhaji
Mohammed Badaru Abubakar who is also the Governor of Jigawa State
made this statement on Saturday, 4th February, 2017 when he visited
the Indorama world-class fertilizer plant in the company of the
President of the Fertilizer Producers & Suppliers Association of
Nigeria (FEPSAN), Mr. Thomas Etuh and the Managing Director of the
Nigerian Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA), Mr Uche Orji.
Alhaji Abubakar said he was impressed
that Indorama has fully keyed into the Presidential Fertilizer
Initiative whose goal is to help the Federal Government to achieve
higher food production and food security in the country.
This is contained in a press release
issued by the head of Corporate Communications of Indorama-Nigeria,
Dr Jossy Nkwocha.
“In supporting the Federal
Government’s Fertilizer Initiative, Indorama will this year supply
360,000 metric tons of Urea to Fertilizer blenders, who in turn will
produce NPK fertilizers and supply at cheaper price to the farmers
across the federation.”
According to him, Managing Director of
Indorama-Nigeria operations, Mr Manish Mundra, received the team and
conducted them round the Ammonia, Urea and Utilities plants which
have capacity for 1.5 million metric tons of Urea fertilizer per
annum and the largest single-line Urea plant in the world.
“At the Bagging section of the plant,
the Presidential team inspected the specially packaged granular Urea
bags meant for delivery to the blenders.”
Mr Mundra informed the team that the
Ammonia section of the fertilizer plant is presently undergoing
scheduled maintenance shutdown to optimize its ammonia production and
reduce energy consumption, activities that will enhance Indorama’s
participation in the Federal Government Fertilizer Initiative.”
“The shutdown of the Ammonia plant is
part of Indorama’s excellent maintenance culture and innovation,
and the plant will be re-started on 24th February,” Mr Mundra
assured.
Governor Abubakar said he was quite
impressed with Indorama’s operations especially in helping the
Federal Government to achieve its agricultural transformation agenda.
“I must say that I am impressed that Indorama is supporting the
Federal Government initiative. This is one of the initiatives to
bring down the cost of food items in the country”, the Chairman
said.
President of FEPSAN, Mr Etuh, also
commended Indorama for keying into the Federal Government Initiative
and promised that members of the association, especially the blending
plants will make the best use of the opportunity to facilitate
greater crop harvest this year.
Indorama has supplied about 250,000
metric tons of granular Urea fertilizer to farmers nationwide since
June 2016 when it commenced production. Through import substitution,
the company has helped the Federal Government to save foreign
exchange and also earn scarce forex through the export of its surplus
production after meeting domestic demand.
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