The President of Dangote Group of Companies, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, on Thursday paid a special visit to the Governor of Katsina State, Rt. Hon. Aminu Bello Masari.
The visit saw Dangote announcing the State as the first beneficiary of the first Dangote International Research Institute, aside the numerous discussions of national economic significance.
A statement by the Director General of Katsina State Media and Publicity, Ibrahim Abdullah, said the Dutsima Shonghai Initiative facility will be converted to serve as the institute on a lease basis.
By this decision, the hitherto comatose facility will be maximally utilized as the business ogul intends to inject N500 million this year, take over the staff, recruit additional staff and commence planting of tomato in preparation for the would-be Dangote world largest tomato production and processing plant.