From Joseph Amedu, Lokoja
Governor Yahaya Bello
The Kogi State Government in its bid to ensure accelerated development, has promised investors in the solid mineral sector of its preparedness to provide an enabling environment for them to operate at all times.
The Chief of Staff to the Governor, Abdulkarim Muhammad Jamiu Asuku gave the assurance on Friday when he played host to some foreign investors who were in the state to look at the possibility of sinking their resources and partnership with the state government.
The Chief of Staff affirmed that Kogi was safe for all that want to put in their money in the state stressing government’s determination to woo and get people from within and outside the country to invest in the state.
He said the vision of the governor to make the state solid mineral capital of Nigeria made him to create the solid mineral and natural resources ministry and applauded the Commissioner in charge of the ministry, Engr Abubakar Bashir Gegu for his dogged determination to see to the realization of government objectives.
Speaking, the Commissioner for Solid Minerals and Natural Resources, Engr Bashir Gegu assured the investors that the current Kogi State government was making positive headways in the development of solid minerals sector.
He said Governor Yahaya Bello does not do things in half measures, adding that all forms of criminality have been fought, solid foundation has been laid and many sites where resources were hitherto lying fallow have been unearthed for the benefit of the state.
The Commissioner also assured them that the state was ready and that Governor Bello is determined to leave the state better than he met it, as they are ready to pressure him into taking up national assignment as President of Nigeria in 2023.
In their separate remarks, the Managing Director of MDW, Lovol Mustapha Alfara, and the Managing Director of Kofi Solid Minerals Processing Company Limited, Engr Muhammed Lawal, expressed satisfaction about the abundant mineral resources available in the state, saying that they are ready to partner the state in its development efforts.
