Sebore International Farms, an agricultural enterprise established by former Adamawa State Governor, Murtala Nyako, has commissioned a new dairy factory.
The factory, which turns out different varieties of Admiral’AYoughurt from milk sourced from within and from independent cattle breeders, is said to be the largest in Nigeria.
Speaking at the event in Mayo-Belwa, an agrarian community south of the state capital, Yola, Murtala Nyako thanked God for sparing his life to behold the dairy factory 40 years after he established the parent Sebore Farms.
“I indeed feel grateful that at the sunset of my life, I have seen the sunrise of another generation that will take Sebore to greater heights. I thank my son Aminu Nyako for his vision regarding the development of Sebore Export Processing Zone with his diary project,” Nyako said.
While Nyako established the Sebore Farms in 1982 in his home town, Mayo-Belwa, the Admiral’AYoughurt Factory, located within the 15,000 hectare farm complex is the brainchild of one of his sons, Aminu Nyako.
In his keynote address, Aminu, who is the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Sebore International Farms, said the birth of the diary firm marked the beginning of a dream to contribute meaningfully to a desire of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to end importation of diary products.
A goodwill message to the event by the CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele confirmed that the apex bank supported the project.