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The Bauchi State
Fertiliser Blending Company said it will produce about 30,000 tonnes of
fertiliser for farmers in the 2011 cropping season.

The commissioner
for commerce and industry, Ahmed Giade, said that the firm produced
only 5,000 tonnes in 2008, but had been equipped with modern machines
to meet the demands of farmers in the state.

He disclosed that
the state government had also acquired compacting equipment and modern
granulated machines, with their installation at 90 percent completion.

Mr. Giade said the
installation of the equipment was expected to be completed in the first
quarter of 2011. and that the company, expected to be the largest in
West Africa, had substantial reserves of kaolin, giving it a
competitive advantage.