{"id":8344,"date":"2026-11-04T01:47:02","date_gmt":"2026-11-04T01:47:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/04\/lagos-targets-100-food-processing-plants-around-logistics-hub\/"},"modified":"2026-11-04T01:47:02","modified_gmt":"2026-11-04T01:47:02","slug":"lagos-targets-100-food-processing-plants-around-logistics-hub","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/04\/lagos-targets-100-food-processing-plants-around-logistics-hub\/","title":{"rendered":"Lagos targets 100 food-processing plants around logistics hub"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img width=\"362\" height=\"273\" src=\"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Lagos-targets-100-food-processing-plants-around-logistics-hub.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Lagos targets 100 food-processing plants around logistics hub\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" srcset=\"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Lagos-targets-100-food-processing-plants-around-logistics-hub.jpg 362w, https:\/\/cdn.vanguardngr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Sanwo-Olu-300x226.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 362px) 100vw, 362px\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By Cynthia Alo<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lagos State Government is planning to establish between 50 and 100 small food-processing plants around its proposed food systems and logistics hub as part of efforts to promote local processing, add value to agricultural produce and strengthen the state\u2019s food supply chain.<br \/>Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu disclosed this at the Executive Business Breakfast organised by the Nigerian-British Chamber of Commerce, where he outlined the state\u2019s plans to develop an integrated system for food storage, processing and distribution.<br \/>He said the proposed processing plants would be located around the logistics hub and supplied with agricultural produce brought in from different parts of the country.<br \/>According to him, the arrangement is designed to create opportunities for value addition by ensuring that food commodities are not only stored and distributed but also processed within the state.<br \/>He stated: \u201cThe second part of that logistics hub is that it\u2019s also going to feed about 50 to 100 small food processing plants.\u201d<br \/>He added that the government had made provision for processing facilities around the hub as part of its master plan.<br \/>\u201cWe\u2019ve created about 1,000 hectares all around that business, so we\u2019re going to have layouts of small processing mills around it that can often do a lot of value addition,\u201d he said.<br \/>The proposed hub is expected to receive food from different parts of Nigeria, with facilities for cold and dry storage, silos and a large trailer park to support the movement of commodities.<br \/>Sanwo-Olu said the facility was almost completed, describing it as one of the largest food systems and logistics hubs in Sub-Saharan Africa.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanguardngr.com\/2026\/11\/lagos-targets-100-food-processing-plants-around-logistics-hub\/\">Lagos targets 100 food-processing plants around logistics hub<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanguardngr.com\/\">Vanguard News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Source: <\/p>\n<div class=\"nSourse\">Vanguard News<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Cynthia Alo Lagos State Government is planning to establish between 50 and 100 small food-processing plants around its proposed food systems and logistics hub as part of efforts to&hellip; 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