By The founder of the NASCO Group of Companies, Mr Ahmed Nasreddin, has died at the age of 96.
The deceased, in 1963, established NASCO Group in Jos as the first jute bag factory in Nigeria and sub-Saharan Africa. The company would go on to become the producer of one of the most popular biscuit brands in the country.
Meanwhile Plateau State governor, Simon Lalong, has expressed grief over the passing of the nonagenarian and condoled with the family, management and staff of the NASCO conglomerate.
In a condolence message by his Director of Press and Public Affairs, Dr Makut Macham, on Saturday, Lalong dscribed the death of the patriarch as a great loss not only to his family and NASCO, but to Plateau people and Nigeria.
The governor said the industrialist established NASCO in response to the desire of the Nation’s founding fathers, to meet the challenges for the effective bagging, storage and export of the large agricultural products in the country.
He said: “This vision by the late Ahmed Idris Nasreddin saw the company growing from its little beginnings to become a major conglomerate with successful companies in manufacturing, real estate, hospitality and logistics, trading among others.
“NASCO has over the years remained a major employer of labour in Plateau and continues to contribute to the economic prosperity of the State and Nigeria at large through tax revenue and corporate social responsibility.”
Lalong noted that because of the faith that the late Nasreddin had in Plateau, NASCO remained rooted in the state in spite of the difficult moments experienced and various crisis which affected its development.
