Engineers Laud Bauchi Governor For Attracting Over $5bn Investments

Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE), Bauchi State chapter, has praised Governor Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed for organising the maiden Bauchi State Investment Summit, which recorded concern commitments worthy implicit $5 billion.

LEADERSHIP reports that the president of the Summit Planning Committee, Prof. Murtala Sabo Sagagi, disclosed astatine the adjacent of the lawsuit that implicit 47 Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) were signed, covering cardinal sectors specified arsenic agriculture, coagulated minerals, power, infrastructure, and accusation and connection exertion (ICT).

According to Sagagi, 1 of the MoUs  has already moved into a factual concern woody worthy 1 cardinal dollars, expected to go operational earlier the extremity of 2025.

Speaking with journalists yesterday, Engr. Abdulkarim Hassan, president of the NSE Bauchi State Chapter, congratulated the politician for the palmy hosting of the summit, describing it arsenic a milestone that had positioned Bauchi arsenic a rising hub for investors.

He noted that the acme besides provided a level to showcase the expertise of Nigerian engineers, peculiarly arsenic the venue, the recently constructed Bauchi International Conference Centre (ICC), was built by a Nigerian operation company.

“We are arrogant that the politician entrusted Nigerian engineers with specified a landmark project. If helium didn’t person assurance successful our capacity, helium would person hired overseas firms,” Engr. Hassan said.

He further described the acme arsenic a reflection of Governor Bala Mohammed’s visionary enactment and committedness to transforming Bauchi State into a competitory concern destination.

“This acme was not conscionable an event, it was a declaration of intent and assurance successful the aboriginal of Bauchi. The prime of delegates, the insightful discussions, and the tangible commitments secured person acceptable a caller modular for economical engagement successful the North-East,” helium added.

The NSE president besides highlighted that the summit’s occurrence has created a coagulated instauration for attracting the superior needed to thrust the infrastructure and concern improvement successful the state.

He expressed the readiness of the NSE Bauchi section to spouse with the authorities authorities by offering method expertise and nonrecreational enactment to guarantee that the outcomes and agreements from the acme are translated into sustainable projects for the payment of the radical of Bauchi State.