President Muhammadu Buhari accompanied by Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje and Abubakar Badaru on Thursday visited Gerawa Oil Mills Limited and Fullmark Rice Mills Limited, in continuation of the president’s 2-day official visit to Kano.

The N18 billion Gerawa Oil Mills is the biggest oil mills in West Africa with a capacity of 1,200 tonnes daily, and when fully operational will employ 5,000 people.

Fullmark Rice Mills is the biggest rice mills in Kano State, and over 90% of the factory is manufactured locally in Kano, within the vecinity of the factory.

This visit concludes President Muhammadu Buhari’s 2-day official visit to Kano, and the President departed to Daura by road, accompanied by the governors of Kano and Jigawa.

Salihu Tanko Yakasai

DG Media & Communications

Government House Kano

December 7, 2017

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