President Bola Tinubu is set to visit Nasarawa State to commission a newly completed 6,000-metric-ton lithium processing plant built by Chinese investors.
Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State who announced this to reporters at the State House on Wednesday after a closed-door meeting with the President, said the project marks a major boost for Nigeria’s mineral value chain.
The new facility, located in Nasarawa Local Government Area, is twice the size of the 3,000MT capacity plant launched in 2023.
Although he did not give a specific date, the governor disclosed that the commissioning will take place shortly after the President returns from a two-week trip to France scheduled to begin later this week.
“They promised to build a bigger one, and they have just concluded building it. It is ready for commissioning. Mr. President assured me that on his return from his short vacation, he will come to Nasarawa to commission the project,” Sule said.
The development underscores Nasarawa’s emergence as a key hub in Nigeria’s growing lithium sector.
