BY SOFOLA ADEOLA SUNKANMI
The Federal Government has secured the commitment of a Chinese renewable energy manufacturing firm, Sinoma, to site its subsidiary in the proposed Evergreen City in the country.
Special Presidential Envoy on Climate Action (SPEC) and Presidential Spokesperson, Ajuri Ngelale, disclosed this on Monday in a note made available to newsmen.
Ngelale said “After a long journey to Beijing from Accra over the weekend, Nigeria’s endeavour to achieve value chain localization in renewable energy technology manufacturing took a significant step forward as I was hosted by the Chairman of Sinoma International Engineering Company, Mr. Yin Zhisong, to a dinner in the Chinese capital.
“A leading subsidiary of the CNBM Group, which boasts $85 billion in assets under management, 200,000 employees, 11,000 patents, and 26 R&D Institutes, Sinoma expressed strong interest in siting its formidable renewable energy technology manufacturing industry in Evergreen City as a strong demonstration of their belief in President Bola Tinubu’s green industrial vision. It was a productive and memorable introductory session.
“Following the hours-long evening reception, I joined a very important (1:00 am Beijing time/1:00 pm D.C. time) virtual discussion with a combined technical team from the U.S. Department of Energy and the U.S. State Department concerning a follow-up on Nigeria’s development of a circular economy and the new programmatic, project-driven, private sector-led, and public sector-enabled initiative to co-create industrial clusters and consumer credit-tied financing packages to unlock Nigeria’s envisioned $1 trillion GDP in an inclusive fashion that creates opportunity for all Nigerians.”
