Monthly Archives - September 2022

16TH SEPTEMBER 2022 MEETING ON DEVELOPMENT OF THE SOLID MINERALS SECTOR IN JIGAWA STATE

Star Mining and General Contract Limited operates in the solid minerals sector, with ownership of four licenses for exploration and small-scale mining lease in Jigawa and Bauchi States. The Managing Director of the company, Alhassan Abdullahi was at InvestJigawa to discuss support for SMEs that are into the exploration, mining, and marketing of solid mineral resources in Jigawa State. The meeting was a follow-up to a meeting between the company and His Excellency the Deputy Governor of Jigawa State, Malam [...]

INVESTJIGAWA MEETS WITH BASIC ENGINEERING NIGERIA LIMITED ON THE COMPANY’S INTEGRATED SUGAR FACTORY AND SUGARCANE FARM

On the 15th of September 2022, Chairman of the InvestJigawa Council His Excellency Deputy Governor Malam Umar A Namadi, DG InvestJigawa and her team, and Secretary to the State Technical Committee on Agriculture held a meeting with Basic Engineering Limited to review the progress and discuss fast-tracking of implementation of the company’s integrated sugar project in Hadejia LGA. Representing the company were Hafiz Muhammad and the company’s consultant Hamid Al-Sharif of Kenana Engineering and Technical Services West Africa (KETSWA). The [...]

INVESTJIGAWA HOSTS MEETING BETWEEN FCDO-LINKS AND JIGAWA STATE GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS

15th September 2022: A meeting was held between Jigawa State Government and FCDO-LINKS to discuss strengthening collaboration and the support provided by FCDO-LINKS. The actualisation of Gagarawa Industrial Park and achievement of its full potential, as well as that of Maigatari Export Processing Zone were top on the agenda. Various funding options which would support infrastructure work that has already commenced in Gagarawa Industrial Park and the facilitation of optimum usage of Maigatari EPZ, were particularly considered. Partnerships regarding [...]

JIGAWA STATE GOVERNMENT GOES INTO PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT WITH COMTTRAEX NIGERIA LIMITED TO TRANSFORM THE HIBISCUS VALUE CHAIN

Jigawa State Government, which is the largest producer of hibiscus flower (“zoborodo”), has signed an MOU with Comttraex Nigeria Limited to enter a PPP arrangement which will unlock the State’s hibiscus potentials by developing the value chain. Facilitated by InvestJigawa, the partnership will include establishing a cleaning and processing facility for the flower, and trading the commodity under the brand name “Comttra Jigawa”. His Excellency Muhammad Badaru Abubakar (MON) mni., Governor of Jigawa State has been a champion for the [...]

VISIT OF PRESIDENTIAL IMPLEMENTATION COMMITTEE ON TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER/INFORMATION EXCHANGE BETWEEN NIGERIA AND THE CZECH REPUBLIC TO JIGAWA STATE

Following the 22nd July 2022 meeting and site inspections of the Presidential Implementation Committee on Technology Transfer/Information Exchange between Nigeria and The Czech Republic, which includes the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI), and officials of the Jigawa State government regarding the selection of the State for the proposed Irrigation Nigeria Project, the committee has selected Birniwa Railway Forest Reserve in Birniwa Local Government Area for the pilot project. On 4th September 2022 the committee visited the state [...]