Dangote Sugar denies price fixing, says it's unethical
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Dangote Sugar denies price fixing, says it’s unethical

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Dangote Sugar Refinery Plc (DSR) says it does not engage in artificial price manipulation of its products, either during the Holy month of Ramadan or any time of the year.

Describing price-fixing as unethical, Dangote Sugar said it is socially responsible and considered allegation as highly mischievous and a calculated attempt to smear the reputation of DSR.

The Group Managing Director, Mr. Ravindra Singhvi, said:” We are aware of an online publication claiming that Dangote Sugar Refinery PLC is engaging in price-fixing and is not honestly engaged in any Backward Integration Programme as claimed.

“Dangote Sugar Refinery wishes to vehemently refute the allegations and assertions in their entirety as the false allegations are geared at tarnishing the good name and brand of Dangote Sugar Refinery Plc and Dangote Industries Limited.

“DSR does not engage in artificial price manipulation of its products, either during the Holy month of Ramadan or at any other time.

“We have never ever increased price of our food items or commodities during the Holy month of Ramadan in the history of our operations

“Dangote Sugar Refinery can only sadly conclude that the online publication is mischievous and geared at creating some form of undue advantage to some Industry players.”

Singhvi said in a statement emailed to Persecondnews that the company began its Backward Integration Programme (BIP) with a 10-year sugar development plan, to produce 1.5 million MT per annum of sugar from locally grown sugarcane.

The Project commenced with acquisition of large expanse of land in strategic locations such as Taraba State, Adamawa State and Nasarawa State.

To this end, three (3) BIP sugar companies; Dangote Taraba Sugar Limited, Dangote Adamawa Sugar Limited, Nasarawa Sugar Company Limited were incorporated.

The Company had commenced rehabilitation and expansion of its Sugar Factory at Numan. Sugarcane planting has also commenced in the two other BIP locations.

 

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“DSR has a responsibility to the government, the good people of Nigeria and the Sugar Industry and all other stakeholders to protect the integrity of the Sugar industry and wishes to assure its stakeholders as follows: It will do all that is necessary to vehemently protect the integrity of the Sugar Industry, it is not engaged in price fixing and it encourages healthy competition amongst the players.

“DSR highlighted a matter (BUA’s operation of a Sugar refinery in the Free Trade Zone in Port Harcourt, exporting refined sugar into the Custom territory) which may circumvent the National Sugar Master Plan’s (NSMP) framework and jeopardize its objectives by taking advantage of the location of its Port-Harcourt Refinery in the Free Trade Zone.

 

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“Dangote Sugar Refinery made this notification to the Hon. Minister of Industry, Trade & Investments bona fide, via its letter to the Minister dated January 28, 2021 asking the Minister to investigate the matter.

“We believe our action is in line with our responsibility as a major stakeholder to alert the supervising Ministry on activities that would derail the plan of the Federal Government in its drive to self-sufficiency in Sugar under the NSMP,” the statement said.

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