On 11th October 2022 a team led by the Permanent Secretary Ministry of Commerce, Industry, Cooperatives, and Tourism embarked on a joint site inspection of Gagarawa Industrial Park. Other members of the team represented InvestJigawa, Due Process and Project Monitoring Bureau and the Rural Electricity Board. The visit was to inspect ongoing road, water and electricity works at the park.
The second InvestJigawa Council meeting held on 6th October 2022. On the agenda were review of the InvestJigawa Law, the agency’s 5 – year strategic plan and the draft Jigawa State Public-Private Partnership (PPP) policy. The draft policy was developed both from the state’s existing PPP framework and the Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC)’s guidelines. As a routine activity, the meeting also reviewed specific investments and made recommendations that would ensure our investors operate smoothly in Jigawa State.
Virgin Land Agro Limited is a company that is into the production of sunflower and economic trees such as mango, in Jigawa State. On 21st September, 2022 InvestJigawa had a meeting with the company’s Director, Abdulrahman Falaki Hussain to discuss the company’s interest in establishing a sunflower processing mill for the extraction of oil and animal feeds, and with a partner from Egypt, a fruit juice factory on their farm in Dutse LGA. smart smart
Star Mining and General Contract Limited operates in the solid minerals sector, with ownership of four licenses for exploration and small-scale mining lease in Jigawa and Bauchi States. The Managing Director of the company, Alhassan Abdullahi was at InvestJigawa to discuss support for SMEs that are into the exploration, mining, and marketing of solid mineral resources in Jigawa State. The meeting was a follow-up to a meeting between the company and His Excellency the Deputy Governor of Jigawa State, Malam [...]
On the 15th of September 2022, Chairman of the InvestJigawa Council His Excellency Deputy Governor Malam Umar A Namadi, DG InvestJigawa and her team, and Secretary to the State Technical Committee on Agriculture held a meeting with Basic Engineering Limited to review the progress and discuss fast-tracking of implementation of the company’s integrated sugar project in Hadejia LGA. Representing the company were Hafiz Muhammad and the company’s consultant Hamid Al-Sharif of Kenana Engineering and Technical Services West Africa (KETSWA). The [...]
15th September 2022: A meeting was held between Jigawa State Government and FCDO-LINKS to discuss strengthening collaboration and the support provided by FCDO-LINKS. The actualisation of Gagarawa Industrial Park and achievement of its full potential, as well as that of Maigatari Export Processing Zone were top on the agenda. Various funding options which would support infrastructure work that has already commenced in Gagarawa Industrial Park and the facilitation of optimum usage of Maigatari EPZ, were particularly considered. Partnerships regarding [...]
Jigawa State Government, which is the largest producer of hibiscus flower (“zoborodo”), has signed an MOU with Comttraex Nigeria Limited to enter a PPP arrangement which will unlock the State’s hibiscus potentials by developing the value chain. Facilitated by InvestJigawa, the partnership will include establishing a cleaning and processing facility for the flower, and trading the commodity under the brand name “Comttra Jigawa”. His Excellency Muhammad Badaru Abubakar (MON) mni., Governor of Jigawa State has been a champion for the [...]
Following the 22nd July 2022 meeting and site inspections of the Presidential Implementation Committee on Technology Transfer/Information Exchange between Nigeria and The Czech Republic, which includes the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI), and officials of the Jigawa State government regarding the selection of the State for the proposed Irrigation Nigeria Project, the committee has selected Birniwa Railway Forest Reserve in Birniwa Local Government Area for the pilot project. On 4th September 2022 the committee visited the state [...]
A team from Jigawa State led by Furera Isma Jumare, the Director General of InvestJigawa attended the FCDO-organized Off-Grid Solar (OGS) Investment Forum in Abuja. Also on the team were the Agency’s Secretary/Legal Adviser Barrister Muhammad Tahir, Managing Director of the State’s Rural Electrification Board Engineer Sani Zubairu, and Akilu Badakaya, Director Solar of the Jigawa State Alternative Energy Agency. The presentation by the Director General unveiled Jigawa State’s recently adopted Off-Grid Solar policy and outlined why investors should [...]
His Excellency the Governor of Jigawa State, Alhaji Muhammadu Badaru Abubakar (MON) mni on Thursday 23rd June 2022 inaugurated the newly appointed InvestJigawa council. The Chairman of the Council is His Excellency the Deputy Governor Mallam Umar Namadi, while the Vice Chairman is Dr. Muhammad Sagagi, a member of the Presidential Economic Advisory Council. Other members are Alhaji Aliyu Yusuf Madobi (Alyuma), Alhaji Abdulkadir Abubakar Maje (Iyan Hadejia) Professor Hannatu Sabo, Barrister Suleiman Jahun, Lami Zubairu Babura, Barrister Musa [...]
