Nasarawa state governor, Abdullahi Sule, has announced that about 100 indigenes with technical backgrounds will undergo training in lithium refining processes in Shagamu, Ogun State.
Speaking during a visit to a lithium refining plant in Shagamu on Monday, Governor Sule said the visit aimed to track lithium mined from Nasarawa to ensure value addition in line with the state’s mining policy.
In a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Ibrahim Addra, the governor confirmed receiving a commitment from officials of the Ganfeng Lithium Industry refining plant to support the training initiative.
The Nasarawa State government’s mining policy mandates that mining companies establish processing plants within the state to prevent raw lithium from being exported without value addition.
The statement read: “One of the promises I extracted from them is that they will bring 100 people from Nasarawa state to be able to learn here so that when they return to Nasarawa they will be able to work in the factory.
“The officials of Ganfeng also assured Governor Sule that work on the refinery in Endo, Nasarawa state is progressing steadily with a completion deadline of June this year.
“The lithium refining plant under construction in Endo, Nasarawa state has three times the capacity of the plant in Shagamu, Ogun state,” he said
