Ndimi to set up solar plant in Borno
BUSINESS mogul and Chairman of Oriental Energy Resources Limited Alhaji Mohammed Ndimi yesterday in Maiduguri said he is prepared to fight poverty in Borno State and has gone into partnership with Spanish and Saudi Arabian investors to establish solar power plant that will fast track industrial development in the state.
Indimi, quoted by Forbes among the richest people in Africa ( worth $ 600million), said he has business interest all over the world, but lamented that poor power supply and the Boko Haram crisis have deprived him of the opportunity to invest in his home state.
Ndimi stated this when he unveiled his plan during a visit to Governor Kashim Shettima at the Government House in Maiduguri. He was accompanied by Mr Tariq Mumtaz, Head of Investment and Business Development, Al- Qahtani and Sons Ltd, Saudi Arabia and Jose M Trevino, Executive Vice Chairman of Aurinka International, Spain.
Indimi said apart from power generation, he plans to engage in manufacturing industries and youth empowerment.
He showered encomiums on Governor Shettima for standing by his people at the height of the Boko Haram crisis. “I am here to complement your effort. Let me know whenever any investor is coming, I can invest in that venture, I have the money,” he said.
“I am an investor, I invest all over the world but because of our challenges here in Borno, I have been waiting for the past two or three years to come and complement the efforts of the governor, but wondered for how long I would keep on waiting.
“I know that our challenges are almost over and this is the right time to start. Charity begins at home. Our big problem in Borno is poverty, but right now, my foundation is working on youth empowerment and by next year, we would start with 500 youths. We would train, give them good salary and at the end give them certificates and help them our bosses are not happy. So, get jobs. they have redeployed him to
“To do all these, we need power and that THE Divisional Police Officer a new division,” the source is why I went out and spent my money to sign in charge of Sheka in Kano claimed, pleading anonymity. a memorandum of understanding ( MOU) state, SP Umaru Abdullahi The spokesperson of Kano with the Spanish and Saudi groups to come has been redeployed over the police command, ASP Magaji and put solar power plant in Maiduguri. I case of a 24- year- old student Musa Majia confirmed the have been to their countries and seen what of Kano State Polytechnic, redeployment of DPO, but they have done… it is very easy. Hassan Alfa who allegedly said it was routine transfer.
“I was in Kogi State where I got 50,000 died after his release from Meanwhile, the newly hectares of land for sugarcane farming. I police detention, Weekly transferred Assistant got another 10,000 hectares of land to grow Trust has gathered. Inspector General of Police corn and another 100 acre for oil services Police sources revealed ( AIG) in charge of Zone 1, implements. If I can do this in other places, that the DPO was moved out Kano, Tambari Yabo has met I see no reason why I should not do it in of the division to enable the with all parties involved in the Borno,” he said. case. police hierarchy carry out a
Shettima thanked Indimi for his plan to thorough investigation of the Yabo said he met with invest at home. “You have remained with us case. parties to have first hand when other influential people fled to Abuja “Because of the way the boy information on the matter. with their families,” he said. was labelled an armed robber, Our correspondent
National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki fl anked to his right by newly decorated military offi cer Lieutenant Colonel Abraham Zipele and Commander Muhammed Abdullahi to his left immediately after their decoration in Abuja, yesterday.