Nigerian Breweries (NB) Plc, Nigeria's largest brewing company, has announced an additional investment of €112 million to expand the capacity of its Ama brewery in Enugu State — the largest of its nine breweries in the country. The expansion will increase capacity from 3 million hectolitres to 4.8 million hectolitres in the first phase, and to 5.3 million hectolitres in the second.
NIPC's Ag. Executive Secretary/CEO Mr Emeka Offor, accompanied by Deputy Director Investor Relations Mrs Wange Dia and South-East Zonal Head Mr Eric Ugochukwu Ani, attended the civil works commissioning ceremony to express NIPC's support and collaboration. 'This project could not have come at a better time. With the new Nigerian economic blueprint — the National Development Plan — identifying private sector investment as a panacea for economic development, the expansion of this factory is a bold step for a robust private sector response to Nigeria's industrial aspiration,' said Mr Offor.
NB Plc Chairman Chief Kola Jamodu stated that the company had embarked on a major capacity expansion and structural upgrade of the Ama facilities. Mr Offor commended Nigerian Breweries for demonstrating resilience in the face of the economic shocks of the COVID-19 pandemic.
