The Huge deposits and multi million dollar Lithium factories springing up in Nasarawa state in recent times has given hope that Nasarawa state will be the first to produce electric car in the country.
The Deputy Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Akabe made the assertion on Saturday while itemizing the top achievements of governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa state in the discovery of Lithium that has attracted the attention of major electric car manufacturers.
Dr. Akabe noted that lithium was never discovered until the advent of Abdullahi Sule as governor. He disclosed that with the huge deposits and emerging Lithium factories sites, the state will be the first to manufacture electric car next to China.
Deputy governor Akabe why applauding his principal described governor Sule as a man with unegual integrity and prudence in management of public funds and state resources
“I have never met or heard about any governor who will announce the amount of fund he receives as allocation and other refund. Just recently he announced the N9.7 billion that was refunded to the state by the federal government and went further to ask stakeholders what that money should be spent on. I have never seen this type of politic”, Akabe stated.
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Earlier in an opening remark, the organiser of the event tagged “second year impact celebration of his excellency Engr. Abdullahi Sule, and leader of A A Sule House To House, Hajiya Hussaina Sule( daughter of governor Abdullahi Sule), disclosed that though his father does not want to be applauded for delivering on his mandate, but noted that the achievements of governor Sule within the past six years of his leadership is hard to keep mute.
Hussaina described his father, Sule as a role model, an unmatched achiever who has brought peace, economic development through his prudence and integrity. She noted further that governor Sule has made his mark in the state and she is proud to celebrate his achievements.
Responding, governor Abdullahi Sule commended the organisers of the celebration of his achievements for bringing people from all nooks and cranny of the state to showcase his achievements.
Sule ascribed the economic development of the state to president Bola Tinubu’s transformation agenda.
Sule explained that the attention of the world has been drawn to the massive deposit of Lithium in Nasarawa state with focus on the production of electric car by China and other developed countries.