•Assures partnership with investors
By Vivian Okejeme Abuja
The Nasarawa State Government has commended a mining company, Hasetins Commodities for constructing roads and digging boreholes to communities within its area of operation.
Governor Abdullahi Sule reiterated that good partners would boost Nasarawa’s development, while inaugurating the commencement of work on roads and boreholes in Uke, Karu Local Government Area of the state.
Represented by the Commissioner for Environment and Solid Minerals, Kwanta Yakubu, the governor, said the projects being executed for the communities is in line with the state government’s seven-point agenda and President Bola Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda to touch the lives of rural dwellers.
“I want to commend them because this is the kind of investment and industrialisation that we are looking for; they are not only building facilities, they are engaging about 80 per cent of our indigenes.
“We will be visiting and inspecting the project to support it.”
Earlier, the Director of Corporate Affairs of Hasetins Commodities Ltd, Peter Butt said the company decided to bring a different approach to its engagement with host communities of solid minerals with an engagement that ensures both sides benefit.
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