Yobe State Governor Mai Mala Buni has assured the commitment of the state government to a strategic partnership with Mutual Commitment Company Ltd, China, to establish a three-million-tonnes-per-annum limestone-to-cement industrial complex aimed at the economic transformation of the state.

The governor made the commitment in a statement issued on Sunday by his media aide, following a courtesy visit to him by the Group Managing Director of the company, Mr Liu Long, who led a management team to the state.

According to the statement, the partnership marks a major step in the state’s industrialisation agenda for economic growth, job creation, and sustainable development.

“The industrial complex initiative project is to be driven by the Yobe Mining Development Company Limited (YMDCL), to strengthen local value addition, support infrastructure development, attract further investment, and to position the state as an emerging hub for cement production in Nigeria.

“The Group Managing Director of MCC Ltd, Mr Liu Long, commended the proactive political will and governance environment, upon which the company will anchor its operations to partner with Yobe State in achieving the mutually beneficial, sustainable development objective”, the statement noted.

Yobe to partner Chinese firm on three-million-tonne cement complex