Bago parley Ma’ad Group in Jeddah on solid mineral development in Niger State

Governor Mohammed Umaru Bago met with officials of the Ma’ad Group in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia aimed at ensuring the development of solid mineral development in Niger state.

The meeting was also targeted at harnessing the opportunities in Niger State in the agricultural sector.

Governor Bago who affirmed that the meeting yielded positive results also disclosed that the essence of the international partnership is to make Niger State a one-stop-investment state competing with her International counterpart.

This is the first of its kind in the history of Niger State.

In attendance was the chairman of Ma’ad Dr Ghazi bin Faisal Binzagr, Sheikh …and Imran Binzagr, Usman Bawa, Sammy Adigun and Sheikh Awal Mohammed

Only Recently, Governor Bago attended the ongoing initiatives on Infrastructural development in Saudi Arabia with investors showing support for a number of investment possibilities in agriculture and the dualization of road projects between Minna and Bida for Niger state.

The summit held In Mecca, Saudi Arabia is in advanced negotiations on multi-billion dollar infrastructure finance facility from the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) to fund a multi-sectoral portfolio of infrastructure projects at both Federal and Sub-national levels in Nigeria.

During the Saudi-Arab-African Economic Summit, the President of Islamic Development Bank announced the provision of US$50 billion of new investment for the African continent from the Arab Coordination Group (ACG).

In the same vein, the Islamic Development Bank Vice-President also reiterated the Bank’s resolve to support Nigeria’s economic transformation.

The Saudi-Arab-African Economic summit was led by Nigeria’s president Bola Ahmed Tinubu.