Waste management firm to set up $350m hydrogen plant in Kaduna

Uba Sani, the governor of Kaduna, says CGK Global, a waste management company, has agreed to set up a hydrogen plant worth $350 million in Kaduna state.

In a statement on Tuesday, Sani said Kaduna secured some investment opportunities during the two-day visit to Qatar with President Bola Tinubu.

On Monday, Tinubu, Sani, and other government officials arrived in the country after a visit to Qatar.

Speaking on the trip, the Kaduna governor said the visit to the Arab nation provided the state with the opportunity to strengthen its existing partnerships with the Qatari government and Qatar Charity.

He said the state attracted investors across the mining, health, and agriculture sectors in line with his administration’s manifesto.

“We held fruitful meetings with investors in the areas of solid minerals, agriculture, energy and infrastructure development. CGK GLOBAL, a waste management company with capacity to generate hydrogen and electricity, wants to set up a plant in Kaduna with the possible injection of $350 million,” Sani said.

“Two Abu-Dhabi based companies, Masdar and Taqa also expressed interest in collaborating with the Kaduna State Government in the areas of power generation and distribution using gas.

“International corporations such as PASKO Limited, a South Korean international mining company with specific interest in lithium, wants to invest in Kaduna State.

“Another international mining consortium, TROVEC Group, expressed interest in collaborating with the Kaduna state government in prospecting, exploring and exploiting different mineral deposits, as well as the establishment of a mining infrastructure fund.

“We also paid a visit to one of the leading hospitals in Qatar Sidra Hospital located in Doha, to study its healthcare model and explore the possibility of forging a partnership with the Hospital to boost healthcare delivery in Kaduna State.

“In particular, we held discussions on a cooperative agreement in respect of the running of the state of the art 300-bed Kaduna Specialist Hospital.

“In the area of agriculture, we held a meeting with the managing director of STALLION GROUP Nigeria to finalize discussions on the establishment of a 100,000 hectare rice farm, as well as the setting up of an assembly plant for Ashok Leyland in Kaduna.

“We also held a meeting with representatives of a Qatar-based real estate company, Dream Construction, that expressed interest in partnering with the Kaduna state government to develop the Mando Mechanics Village.”

While in Qatar on March 3, Tinubu had signed an agreement with Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani, the Emir of Qatar, to improve cooperation in seven sectors of the economy.

The sectors included education, enterprise development, investment promotion, youth empowerment, mining, tourism, and sports.