The Sokoto state in Nigeria will see the start of a new cement factory and fertilizer blending plant this year.The new factory is planned to be started through a public private partnership. The fertilizer plant will be established in view of the total failure of the present one. The project is being planned as a part of a general industrialization drive of Sokoto State. The government has earmarked a budget of N890 million for the various projects to be executed under the commerce, industries and tourism sub-sector in the new fiscal year.