Yearly Archives - 2024

NIPC’S EXECUTIVE SECRETARY/ CEO VISITS JIGAWA STATE

On July 10th, 2024, the Executive Secretary/Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC), Aisha Rimi, and her team paid a working visit to Jigawa State to assess the State's investment landscape, explore areas of collaboration, and visit some industries.   During a courtesy call on His Excellency, Governor Malam Umar Namadi, Aisha Rimi highlighted NIPC's role in attracting and facilitating investments, and providing support to investors as well investment promotion agencies at the subnational level. Governor Namadi [...]

DG INVESTJIGAWA ATTENDS THE NIGERIA PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP (NPPPN) Q2 2024 MEETING

The Q2 NPPPN meeting held in Minna, Nigeria State from 26th to 27th June 2024. The Director General InvestJigawa attended the event, where she was on the plenary session to discuss the topic Using PPPs in Infrastructure Delivery in the States to Ensure National Food Security through Agriculture. During her presentation, she deconstructed what food security encompasses, analysing the four pillars of food security – food availability, access to food, food utilisation and stability, to uncover the areas of [...]

INVEST JIGAWA HOSTS INFORMATION SESSION TO FACILITATE ACCESS TO CREDIT AND FINANCE BY BUSINESSES IN JIGAWA STATE

On July 4th, 2024, Invest Jigawa hosted a session to guide businesses on securing credit from financial institutions in Jigawa State. The event aimed to enlighten businesses on financing options and opportunities. It addressed the hurdles in obtaining credit, strategies to overcome them, and detailed the required documentation and procedures. Participants were also guided on initiating the process for specific financing types. Present at the session where representatives of the central bank, other banks and financial institutions as well as [...]

INVESTJIGAWA PARTICIPATES IN UKNIAF/NGF-ORGANISED ROUNTABLE ON STATE ACCESS TO CLIMATE FINANCE

From 29th to 30th May 2024, InvestJigawa’s Director General Furera Isma Jumare attended the UKNIAF/Nigeria Governors’ Forum – organised "Roundtable on State-Level Access to Climate Finance." The objective of the roundtable was to equip state officials with the necessary knowledge and tools to enable them gain access to climate finance to accomplish their development goals. The roundtable focused on exploring funding opportunities - sharing experiences and highlighting politically viable, financially feasible and climate-smart development projects that could attract climate [...]

On May 23, 2024, InvestJigawa facilitated a meeting at the Deputy Governor’s Office in Dutse. The meeting was attended by its Chairman and Deputy Governor, Engineer Aminu Usman, Secretary/Legal adviser Muhammad Tahir Abubakar, and Technical Assistant Investment Facilitation, Usman Muhammad Saudi. They were joined by the Great Northern Agribusiness team, led by Project Director Wilkins Lam. The meeting’s primary objective was to review the GNA’s draft strategic sugar development plans for the Sugarcane Project in Gagarawa Local Government in [...]

TUESDAY 21ST MAY 2024: JIGAWA STATE GOVERNMENT SIGNS MoU WITH NIGERIAN ARABIAN GULF CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

On Tuesday 21st May 2024, Jigawa State Government signed an MoU with the Nigerian Arabian Gulf Chamber of Commerce (NAGCC). The signing is the culmination of engagements between the parties which began in October 2023, in which the State was represented by Director General InvestJigawa Furera Isma Jumare, who worked with NAGCC towards reaching a mutually beneficial agreement, regarding trade between Jigawa and gulf states, the attraction of investments to Jigawa State, and ultimately the industrialisation of Jigawa State. Screenshot Screenshot Screenshot Screenshot

FRIDAY 24TH MAY 2024: JIGAWA STATE INVESTMENT PROMOTION AGENCY (INVESTJIGAWA) COUNCIL INAUGURATED

On Friday 24th May 2024, a new Council was inaugurated for Jigawa State Investment Promotion Agency (InvestJigawa). The main role of the council is to have oversight over the activities of the Agency, and advise Government on the implementation of all projects and programmes in the investment promotion roadmap of the State. The Council has the Deputy Governor Engr. Aminu Usman as Chairman, Dr. Muhammad Sagagi as Vice Chairman and Furera Isma Jumare DG InvestJigawa as Secretary.

On May 23, 2024, the Director General of Invest Jigawa, Hajiya Furera Isma Jumare, along with the Head of Investment Facilitation, Nafi’u Halilu, conducted site visits to Kadume Green Consortium climate-smart farm and L&Z Integrated Farm, at Baranda (Iggi Forest Reserve) in Dutse Local Government, to interact with the investors and monitor the progress their activities.

JOURNEY TO ESTABLISHMENT OF GAGARAWA INDUSTRIAL PART (GIP) PART 12

On May 22, 2024, the Director General of Invest Jigawa, Hajiya Furera Isma Jumare, along with the Head of Investment Facilitation, Nafi’u Halilu, conducted a site visit to Gagarawa industrial park to assess the progress of work by investors who were allocated plots to set up their businesses. The visits also provided the opportunity to assess some of the challenges faced by the investors