A Chinese company, Jiuling Lithium Mining Company, says it has concluded plans to invest over $200 million in the establishment of a lithium processing factory in the Endo community in the Nasarawa Local Government Area of Nasarawa State. The representative of the Managing Director of the company, Xiong Jin, disclosed this to Governor Abdullahi Sule during a visit to the factory’s site in the local government on Wednesday. Jin assured the governor of the company’s commitment to building one of the largest lithium mining companies in the state. While giving specific technical details about the size of the factory, Jin mentioned that the company would pay graduates employed to work at the mining site a minimum of N500,000. The Managing Director, however, called for the state government’s support in the
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PDP flag Members of the Peoples Democratic Party in Nasarawa State have elected the immediate past secretary of the party, Adamu Bako as chairman. His emergence followed the party’s congress which was held in Lafia, the state capital on Tuesday. Chairman of the PDP National Committee in charge of the party’s congress in the state, Senator Simon Mwadkwon, made the disclosure after the elections which saw the victory of Bako as the state’s party chairman. He praised the fairness of the process and encouraged party members to unite under Bako’s leadership. Senator Mwadkwon further urged unity among the contestants and other members of the party, emphasising that the PDP remains a big family. “We had a very successful and credible congress. In the contest, the is no victor or vanquish.