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LCCI, stakeholders to brainstorm on cassava flour for bread

By on June 9, 2013

The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry, LCCI, is set to brainstorm with stakeholders at a seminar for a renewed campaign for inclusion of cassava flour in baking bread and confectioneries.

In a release by the Public Relations Manager, Mr. Tope Oluwaleye, said the LCCI is at the vanguard of a renewed campaign for inclusion of cassava flour in baking bread and confectioneries will brainstorm with stakeholders in a seminar tagged “High Quality Cassava Production &Utilisation in Baking and Allied Industries: Status, Trend and Opportunities” scheduled for Thursday 13th June at the LCCI Conference & Exhibition Centre in Alausa, Ikeja.

According to him, former President of Nigeria, Chief OlusegunObasanjo, who is a strong advocate of the inclusion of cassava in baking bread, is expected to be the Chief Guest of Honour, while the Executive Governor of Lagos State, Mr. BabatundeRajiFashola is the special Guest of Honour.

He disclosed that the keynote address at the event will be delivered by the Chairperson, Science and Technology Committee of the Chamber, Engr. (Mrs.) Josephine Maduka.

“It will be recalled that the Minister for Agric. and Rural Development, Dr. AkinwunmiAdesina had canvassed variously, on behalf of Government, for the inclusion of cassava flour in the baking of bread. Currently, the Ministry has achieved 20 per cent inclusion but its target is 40 per cent by 2015, according to the Technical Adviser on Cassava to the Minister, MrsToyinAdetunji” he said.

 

 

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