FaLGates is a Nigerian company that specializes in providing the right products and services to its customers especially in the Agricultural Industry.
About FaLGates
FaLGates has a 1,005 Hectares farm in Kaduna and a 300 tons per day state of the art rice milling facility, offering a revolutionary way of farming, crop building, and seed processing that is having tremendous economic and social impact in Nigeria’s livelihood. The company’s strategic land acquisitions along major dams & rivers in the country is pivotal to the farm’s operations. Partnering with leading experts enabled us to leverage sophisticated workforce to produce, and process different rice varieties, both for seeds and grains.
At full capacity, our company will help create more than 1000 Jobs directly and indirectly all across the rice value chain. Furthermore, plans are in place to help train and transfer knowledge to the local farmers in different communities. In addition to setting up seed processing plants, we plan to provide an industrial capacity building platform that will help make agriculture a more lucrative and sustainable business in Nigeria.
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10
Year of Excellence
100
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Metric Tons of Rice Produced Per Annum
5
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Jobs Directly & Indirectly
20
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International Recognitions
Management Team
Abubakar Sadiq M. Falalu (MON)
Managing DirectorAbubakar Sadiq M. Falalu (MON)
Managing DirectorMr. Falalu is the Managing Director and founder of FaLGates. He holds a BSc. degree in Computer Science and Software Engineering with a Master of Management from Swinburne University of Technology. He also holds an MSc. degree on Entrepreneurship from University of Nottingham. He also attended a course on International Business at Harvard University. Falalu had attended his National Youth Service Corp (NYSC) with Keffi Local Government, Nasarawa. He began his career as a young entrepreneur, from childhood, he had been exposed to various aspects of businesses at a very young age, giving him the opportunity to further develop FaLGates. Mr. Falalu was listed on Forbes Africa 30 Under 30 Entrepreneurs 2018.
Sanusi AbdulHamid
General ManagerSanusi AbdulHamid
General ManagerSanusi AbdulHamid holds a Higher National Diploma in Food Technology from Kaduna Polytechnic since 1985 and served his NYSC with Oyo State Government in 1985/86. He has since then attended many training courses organised by NAFDAC, SON, BUK, Kano State Ministry of Agriculture, Kaduna State Government, and many others. He has over 3 decades of experience in the agric and agro-allied industry.
Ahmad Kabir Muhammad
Head ProcurementAhmad Kabir Muhammad
Head ProcurementAhmad Kabir Muhammad graduated from Usman Dan Fodio University Sokoto, where he obtained a BSc. Degree in Applied Chemistry. He attended Kaduna Business School (KADSTEP) where he obtained a certificate in business and entrepreneurship. With his vast experience in the agric and agro-allied industry, he is one of the biggest dealer and supplier of agric and agro-allied products in Nigeria with multiple businesses across various value chains.
Dahiru Sani Tanko
Head Marketing & SalesDahiru Sani Tanko
Head Marketing & SalesDahiru Sani Tanko graduated from Usman Dan Fodio University, Sokoto with a BSc. Computer Science and he is also currently undergoing an MSc. in Computer Science and Entrepreneurship respectively in Kaduna State University. A member of National Institute of Management (NIM). He is a licensed rice distributor within and outside Nigeria. He was once a Managing Director at ZIL Rice Mill and has been a consultant with so many other rice mills.
Eniola Oluwakemi Edogameh
Head Admin & HREniola Oluwakemi Edogameh
Head Admin & HREniola Oluwakemi Edogameh holds a BSc. in Accounting from University of Makurdi, Benue State. and an MSc. in Forensic Accounting from Nigerian Defense Academy, Kaduna. Eniola is also an Associate Member - Chartered Institute of Forensics and Certified Fraud Examiners of Nigeria (CIFCFEN). A Financial Modeling Valuation Analyst (FMVA) from Corporate Finance Institute (CFI). She was also a Public Speaker at The Hague (The Netherlands) where she represented Nigeria on- “Boosting Youth Employment in Africa: What Works & Why?”. She is also a Personal Development Advocate- Founder of Mothers Awake Int. with over 5 years working experience in Management, Accounting, Insurance, Hospitality & Foods industries.
Abiodun Onifade
Head AccountsAbiodun Onifade
Head AccountsAbiodun Onifade holds a BSc. (Hons) Accounting with a Master in Accounting from the prestigious Kaduna State University where he graduated with second class upper. He was the first accountant of Babatunde Salawu & Co. in 2008. As an astute accountant with a very strong background and practices in Batch Costing, Investment Appraisal Techniques, Budgeting & Resource Control and progressive accomplishment in setting up internal control system for businesses. He has worked with Auditing firms and different management industries spanning more than a decade. Mr. Abiodun Onifade is currently the Accountant of FaLGates.
Mohammed Tafsil
Head Plant ManagementMohammed Tafsil
Head Plant ManagementMohammed Tafsil holds a BSc. Mechanical Engineering from Vishveswaraya Technical University India. He has worked as an R&D assistant with SKF Boilers & Driers whereby he designed many automation systems before attaining the position of a Project Manager at SKF Elixer India African Region. He has a cumulative working experience of almost a decade in the rice industry
Mohammed Onimisi
Head MaintenanceMohammed Onimisi
Head MaintenanceMohammed Onimisi is the company’s Head of Maintenance. He graduated from Kaduna Polytechnic where he studied HND in Agricultural Engineering (Power & Machinery) where he obtained an Upper Credit. Mr. Onimisi is a member of Nigerian Institute of Management where he earned a Proficiency Certificate. Prior to joining FaLGates, Mr. Onimisi had worked as a site engineer with Technocrat Investment Ltd. He had also worked as a control room operator at Fertilizer & Chemical Ltd. Kaduna.
Sahdev Maurya
Head ProductionSahdev Maurya
Head Production
Abubakar Muhammad
Head Special DutiesAbubakar Muhammad
Head Special DutiesAbubakar Muhammad is the Head Special Duties and also the personal assistant to the Managing Director. He has a Diploma in Local Government & Development Studies from Ahmadu Bello University Zaria (ABU). Abubakar joined FaLGates in 2016 assisting the MD during the early stages of setting up the company, travelling all across Nigeria. He is also experienced in both sales and procurement of various rice by-products.
Customer Feedback
Best Rice
FaLRice is the best rice I've seen so far. The rice is completely free of stones and other particles. The great thing I like about it is that it is produced in Nigeria.