Primlaks Group, the pioneer producer of Individually Quick Frozen,
IQF, fruits and vegetables in Nigeria, has again demonstrated its
steadfast support for agriculture in Nigeria by exhibiting its
innovative Sympli brand of convenience food at the 2015 FoodBext West
Africa Exhibition in Lagos.
Sympli is the registered brand name of a range of IQF foods produced
by Venus Processing and Packaging Limited, VPPL, which is part of the
Primlaks Group.
The locally farmed, processed and packed Sympli products, which
include yam fries, yam cubes, plantain dodo and plantain chips, are
delivered in ready-to-cook state for frying, steaming or baking.
The Chairman of VPPL, Otunba Christopher Tugbobo said that the
product was a proves that Nigeria is capable of doing new things in
agriculture that can help reduce its dependence on oil and gas.
Tugbobo, a one-time Head of the Division of Agricultural Research in
the Federal Ministry of Economic Development and a retired Permanent
Secretary, described Sympli as a 100 per cer Nigerian product, stressing
that it is produced locally by Nigerians for Nigerians and that it has
created much needed employment, helped reduce post-harvest losses and
gave Nigerians a home grown brand in the frozen food segment that could
be proud of.
The Group Chairman of Primlaks, Mr. H. K. Ram, explained that
Primlaks invested in Nigeria’s fi rst IQF production facility in order
to tap into the country’s vast agricultural potential, particularly in
light of growing concerns on unemployment and dwindling foreign exchange
reserves.
He described Sympli as Primlaks Group’s contribution to Nigeria’s
drive for self-suffi ciency in value added food production and creation
of additional sources of foreign exchange.
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