Dangote has stopped producing tomatoes

The newly commissioned Dangote Tomato Processing Factory in Kano state has announced the suspension of its operations.

The Managing Director of the factory, Abdulkadir Kaita revealed this bit of information to News Agency of Nigeria on Friday, May 13 in Kano.

According to Kaita, the factory, which was commissioned in February, 2016 suspended production due to the lack of its raw materials- tomatoes.

 

Hefurther said that most of the tomato farms in Kano, Jigawa, Plateau, Katsina and Kaduna states were affected by a pest popularly known as “Tuta Absoluta” which killed all the tomato species there.

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