Today, I had the pleasure of signing a Memorandum of Understanding with the Hebei Province of the People's Republic of China for exchanges and cooperation in various forms in the fields of economy, trade, solid minerals, science and technology, energy, transportation, agriculture and infrastructure to promote common prosperity and development. The Vice Governor of the province, Ms. Jin Hui signed on behalf of Hebei Province.

In her remarks, the Vice Governor acknowledged the abundant mineral deposits in Kaduna State including Nickel, Lithium and Gold. While commending the State Government for its giant strides in the areas of agriculture, health care and infrastructure development, she assured of the total commitment of the Province of Hebei towards the actualization of the MoU.

The Foreign Affairs Office shall represent the Hebei Province, while the Kaduna Investment Promotion Agency (KADIPA) shall represent the Kaduna State Government.

I assure the government of Hebei Province of our commitment to the effective implementation of this MOU. This MOU will not only strengthen cooperation, friendship and mutual understanding between Hebei Province and Kaduna State, but will impact positively on our State's economy and the lives of our citizens.

Senator Uba Sani,
Governor, Kaduna State.
May 15th, 2024.

goatandyam:
So allah commands that you should do business with keferis?

Useless hypocritical bastards. Using religion when it suits them.

naptu2:
Senator Uba Sani @ubasanius

kennyz247:
Abeg tackle security first... otherwise even the Chinese might be kidnapped soon.....

post=129970327:
As long as it improves the lives of Kadunians,
That is all that matters.

God bless Kaduna State.
God bless Nigeria 🇳🇬.

We Rise ✔️

naptu2:
There is a lesson in this thread, but if you search through Twitter and check the thread, you'll notice that many people have not learnt the lesson.


First Lithium Processing Plant In Nigeria Under Construction In Kaduna.
https://www.nairaland.com/7523789/first-lithium-processing-plant-nigeria


This is the lesson:

There are many sectors in Nigeria that are in the exclusive list in the constitution. This means that they are the exclusive preserve of the Federal Government. For a long time many people assumed that this means that state governments cannot get involved in these sectors, but that is not true.

Bola Tinubu constantly demonstrated this when he was governor. There are many things that people assumed were only reserved for the Federal Government, but his government got involved in those things. Power generation, port construction, airport construction, refinery, etc.

You see, all the state government needs to do is to bring in a private/foreign company to invest in the sector and then they need to get a license from the Federal Government. The Federal Government wants to make money and they want development, so they will go along with the project (although in some rare cases they might sabotage the project, just like the AES Barge power project in Lagos).


Some people are asking why the oil in Rivers is for Nigeria while the lithium in Kaduna is for Kaduna. Well, read this article, the chairman of the Kaduna Internal Revenue Service stated clearly that mining is on the exclusive list and the only way that Kaduna State can take part in mining lithium is to set up a mining company and get a license from the Federal Government. Has the Rivers State Government set up an oil company and applied to get mining licenses from the Federal Government?

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2021/11/kaduna-govt-set-to-explore-revenue-potential-of-solid-minerals/


This issue keeps coming up every time and the answer is always the same. People asked the same question when it was announced that a gold refinery was being established in Osun and the answer then was exactly the same.

4tomandchi:
El-Rufai face right now…