Nigeria and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia have resolved to strengthen collaboration between both countries to enhance the development of solid minerals as the world transitions from fossil fuels to cleaner energy.
The countries made the commitment during a meeting on the sidelines of the Future Minerals Forum (FMF) held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dele Alake and his Saudi Arabian counterpart, Bandar AlKhorayef, led the delegations of both countries to the bilateral meeting.
In his remarks, Alake harped on the need to forge partnership, emphasising that the global energy transition was contingent on critical minerals, which he stated exist in abundance in Nigeria.
“We need a lot of investments in exploration, exploitation, extraction, processing, local value addition. We realise that we must look at regions outside of Africa to collaborate, further consolidate, and enhance our capacity in exploring and exploiting the natural resources that we have.
“For us to maximally utilise, exploit, and derive maximum revenue for our own economic and infrastructural development, we need to have a very solid partnership with nations like Saudi Arabia.
“Saudi Arabia has always displayed good affinity to Nigeria, and it is historical. We have always been desirous of reciprocating this very positive gesture, and there is no better area to ensure that reciprocity than to ensure we consolidate on our partnerships in areas of economic development.
“We are willing and open to investments in Nigeria, especially in the mining sector,” the minister asserted.
Speaking further, Alake made a case for investment in local value-addition involving processing of solid minerals that will culminate in production and establishment of factories in Nigeria.
He noted that this will generate employment and have a multiplier effect on the economy. He emphasised the readiness of the Nigerian team to work with the Saudi Arabian counterpart to fine-tune specifics and map out strategies to concretise areas of collaboration within a specified time frame.
Throwing light on incentives for investment, Alake cited a policy of President Bola Tinubu on repatriation of profits by foreign investors, tax waivers on imported equipment specifically directed at the mining sector and a rejigged security architecture which he hinted will soon come on stream.
In his response, AlKhorayef shared the position of Nigeria on the fundamentals of diversifying the economy with emphasis on the mining sector. He revealed that Saudi Arabia also places a premium on local value addition whilst welcoming collaboration with Nigeria.
Both countries thereafter resolved to set up a joint technical committee to follow through in areas of partnership coupled with a workable action plan, guided by timelines, to harness areas of comparative advantage for mining sector development.
On the Nigerian delegation were Executive Secretary, Solid Minerals Development Fund (SMDF), Fatima Shinkafi; Director-General, Mining Cadastral Office (MCO), Dr. Obadiah Nkom and DG, Nigeria Geological Survey Agency (NGSA), Dr. Abdulrasak Garba.
Others were: The Director, Investments Promotion and Mineral Trade (IPMT), Ime Erikpo while the Minister of Industry and Mineral Resources, Bandar AlKhorayef; Vice-Minister, Mining Affairs, Khaled AlMudifer and other government officials represented the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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