Nigerian Breweries Plc on Wednesday commissioned
its upgraded brewery in Ota, Ogun State as part of its strategic plan to
consolidate its leadership position in the industry. Part of the brewery
infrastructure commissioned at the well-attended ceremony included a new PET
line, a Water Treatment Plant and a Waste Water Treatment Plant, among twenty
one others.
While welcoming guests who included the governor
of Ogun State, His Excellency, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, and former president,
Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, Chief Kola Jamodu, Chairman, Nigerian Breweries Plc, explained
that the multi-billion Naira PET line which currently boasts the best
technology in the HEINEKEN world was installed to deepen availability of the non-alcoholic
product portfolio of the company. He added that the modern Water Treatment Plant
was constructed to ensure the continued excellent quality of the company’s
brands while the Waste Water Treatment Plant further contributes to the success
of its sustainability agenda of “Brewing a Better World”.
According to the chairman, “These investments,
totaling over N11b stand out as a testimony to our corporate philosophy of Winning
with Nigeria and they reflect our company’s bold confidence in Ogun State and
Nigeria as an investment destination.” Chief Kola Jamodu also emphasized that
the projects signpost the contribution of the company to the economic
development of Ogun State which also play to another of its brewery in Ijebu
Ode and many of the ancillary industries that the company supports..
Oh his part, the Ogun State governor, Senator Ibikunle
Amosun congratulated the company on the successful upgrade of the brewery which
he described as an enviable step capable of facilitating a self-dependent economy.
Governor Amosun commended Nigerian Breweries for its backward integration and
local sourcing of over 50% of its raw materials and 95% of its packaging
material. According to the governor, “It will be in our collective interest for
companies in Ogun state and even the entire country to source their materials
locally. Backward integration and import substitution is the master key to a
self-sustaining economy”. He promised that the state will continue to provide
necessary conditions for business to operate smoothly in the state.
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, represented
by Chief Abraham Idowu Akanle congratulated Nigerian Breweries on the upgrade
of the brewery. He described the private sector as the engine room of economic
growth and called on other corporate organisations to follow the fruitful
example of the company.
Nigerian Breweries Plc acquired Ota brewery in
2011 and since that time, the company has invested significantly to upgrade the
facilities at the brewery to the world class standards befitting a brewery in
the HEINEKEN group.
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