Nasarawa leverages mining, others to position state as economic hub
THE Nasarawa State government said it is leveraging industrial, agricultural and mining potential for inclusive and sustainable wealth creation in a bid to drive its industrialisation agenda and position the state as an economic hub.
The state's Governor, Abdullahi Sule, said this yesterday in Abuja, during the unveiling of Nasarawa Investment Summit 2024 (# NIS2024), which he said signifies a bold commitment to revitalising and modernising the state's economic landscape, positioning it as a dynamic hub for industry, commerce and innovation.
Themed ‘ Industrial Renaissance', he said, the event underscores the state government's recognition of the pivotal role that industrialisation plays in driving economic development, creating employment opportunities and improving the quality of life for its citizens.
According to him, it encapgate the most pressing sulates the vision of issues relevant to the state’s Nasarawa State to harness its economic development, as abundant natural resources, well as a deal room where strategic location and skilled investment grade and bankworkforce to foster a renai sable projects at different sance in industrial activity. development phases in their This, Sule said, r eflects the lifecycle will be showcased state's determination to for potential investments. embrace innovation, adopt Highlighting some of the best practices and in vest in expected outcomes, he said critical infrastructure to there would be enhanced catalyse the growth of key investment opportunities, sectors such as manufacturstrengthened public- private ing, agriculture and mining. partnerships ( PPPS), policy The governor said the sumformulation and reform as mit will feature a series of well as infrastructure develcurated sessions to interro- opment.