Ortom approves resuscitation of Taraku Mills

Governor Samuel Or­tom of Benue State has promised to give full support to the resuscita­tion of the moribund Tar­aku Mills by Afrigate West Africa Limited.

Giving the promise when the management staff of Afrigate West Africa Lim­ited led by Adole Owoicho, called on him at Benue People’s House today, the governor said the project would create wealth for the people.

He said he inspected Taraku Mills as soon as he assumed office and de­scribed it as a gold mine and expressed his administra­tions’s willingness to make it function again.

Governor Ortom said the impact of the reacti­vation would be massive, stressing that soya bean and maize which would be the raw materials for the indus­try were being cultivated in commercial quantities across Benue state.

According to him, the go-back-to-land policy of his administration was be­ginning to yield positive results with everybody in­cluding executive council members involved in agri­culture.

The governor said the state government was look­ing for investors to take over the company but capability and capacity to manage it were set as criteria and ex­pressed the hope that Afrig­ate would deliver.

He said his administra­tion would provide en­abling environment for the investors to operate, adding that Benue people would be happy to see Taraku Mills come on stream again.

Earlier, Mr Owoicho Adole, the team leader, had explained to the governor that the new management of Taraku Mills would com­prise Ghanaians, Roma­nians and Nigerians.

Adole also said the in­dustrialist, financier and parliamentarian, Mr Mario, came with him to Benue People’s House to assure the governor that funding would not be a problem.