The sugar project, which is owned by the
The floods which reportedly swept through the sugar estate, destroyed flood protection dykes, factory equipment and submerged cane fields, pulling down office and residential buildings as well as halted activities on the estate.
The Executive Secretary of
He said the situation was worrisome, adding that "this is a huge setback for the
In a statement issued by the Deputy Director, Public Affairs,
He said the operators of the Jebba and Kainji Dams possibly opened up their spill gates to enable the water go down the river in a bid not to submerge the turbines that are being used to generate power in the country.
The
He said: "The situation in Sunti is both disturbing and very discouraging to us as a forward-thinking agency. We aren't new to the entire problem, given our position as the regulator of the sugar industry, but it is one loss too many that could reverse some modest gains recorded in the sugar sector.
"We have shown serious and genuine interest in their case, particularly as it relates to the issue of constant flooding, which has cost them a fortune. But as intractable as it appears, we won't resign to fate or distance ourselves from the issue in Sunti."
He added that the council had tabled the flooding issue before relevant ministries, departments and agencies of the government (MDAs) with a view to finding lasting solution to the problem, adding that this had not yielded the desired outcome as the issue still persisted.
Busari, who described the Sunti sugar project as one with huge economic potential, but currently challenged by floods, said an inter-ministerial committee involving Ministers of Power, Industry, Trade and Investment; officials of the
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