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Enugu, FG partner South African firm to revive coal industry
By Samson Ezea | 03 June 2017 | 4:41 am
South African investors, Simang Group, working with the Federal and Enugu State Government, have begun moves to revive the coal industry in Enugu.

The investors, led by Dr. Basil Enwegbara of the Pan Africa Group and Stephen Paddy, Chairman of Simang Group, during a visit to Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi at the Government House, yesterday, hinted that the principal objective of the investment drive was to use coal to generate electricity and then spin a chain of allied business activities for the benefit of the people of the Southeast and Nigeria as a whole.

Ugwuanyi told the investors: ìWe have always been hopeful that coal will once again play a major role in the economic development of the country.


Our opportunity to actualise the dream has come. This meeting offers Enugu State Government the opportunity to establish a relationship with the Simang Group.î

Speaking on behalf of the investors, Enwegbara, who is the Executive Vice Chairman of Pan African Development Corporation, assured that their intervention would certainly change the narrative of electric power generation in Nigeria, especially in the Southeast.

Paddy, on his part, told the governor: ìFrom the South African perspective, I am interested to make sure that I facilitate trade and investment, when there is need for Nigerians to use their natural resources to curtail the challenges that the country is facing to make sure that the economic development within the country is achieved.î

Director General of Voice of Nigeria (VON), Mr. Osita Okechukwu, said he was just a messenger there to deliver a message from President Muhammadu Buhari, who directed him to tell Ndigbo that he has commenced the first phase of the promise to revamp Enugu coal to generate electricity and employment.

He said after a careful evaluation of all the companies that indicated interest by the minister of Mines and Steel Development, Simang group was chosen to partner with Federal and Enugu State Governments to revamp Enugu coal.
https://guardian.ng/news/enugu-fg-partner-south-african-firm-to-revive-coal-industry/

Iran seeks business ties with Enugu govt
ON AUGUST 2, 20173:43
ENUGU—The Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran to Nigeria, Morteza Rahimi Zarchi, has disclosed the willingness of the Asian country to establish general bilateral business relationship with the Enugu State Government, especially in the area of rendering medical services. VISIT: Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State (middle); Ambassador of Islamic Republic of Iran to Nigeria, Morteza Rahimi Zarchi (right) and his Deputy, S. A Mortazavi, during a courtesy visit to the Government House, Enugu, yesterday. Ambassador Zarchi, who spoke at the Government House, Enugu, when he paid a courtesy call on the governor, in company with the management of FIT Consult Limited, stated that his delegation were in Enugu on a feasibility study of establishing an Iranian hospital, modelled after the one in Dubai, at the ongoing Heliu Residences project in Enugu as well as general bilateral cooperation with the state government. The Iranian Ambassador said his country’s decision to seek bilateral cooperation with Enugu State Government was because of the state’s historical background, its natural resources, the geographical location, which he said links other neighbouring states, the international airport as well as the existing peace in the state. He added that there are many Iranian companies into drugs manufacturing, especially herbal medicines, which are very useful in treating diabetes and other diseases, revealing that they are willing to bring the drugs to Nigeria or even import the raw materials into the country for final production. While expressing delight at the interest shown by Iran in establishing a world class medical facility in the Heliu Estate under the International brand name, Iranian Hospital, Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi disclosed that “there are many other areas of potential partnership and cooperation between your country and Enugu State, cutting across various sectors of the economy. “As Your Excellency may know, the state is richly endowed with copious investment opportunities, especially in agriculture and agro-allied enterprises and in the extraction and processing of such minerals as coal, limestone, clay, oil, gas etc all of which are found in very abundant quantities in the state. “The presence of an international (passenger and cargo) airport and the establishment of a Free Trade Zone in Enugu as well as the urbanisation initiatives of the government, provide a further boost to the economic potentials and profile of the state. “We, therefore, seek the assistance of your embassy to enlighten business organisations in Iran as to these opportunities and to also facilitate their entry into Enugu State as investors.”

Read more at: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/08/iran-seeks-business-ties-enugu-govt/

Ugwuanyi: We’re partnering China to make Enugu trading hub
— 18th August 2017
Enugu State Governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi has reiterated his administration’s vision to make the state the economic and industrial hub of the South-East region and a preferred investment destination in the country.

The governor spoke when the ambassador of the Peoples Republic of China (PRC), Mr. Zhou Pingjian, paid a courtesy visit to Government House, Enugu.

He noted that the state government was working to engage new development partners and attract more direct foreign investments to actualise the dream.

According to him, the visit offers the state and PRC, an ample opportunity to build stronger ties and establish a more beneficial working relationship. He added that his administration is keen on sharing ideas and partnering the Chinese Embassy on ways to boost trade and improve economic relations between the Asian country and Enugu State.

“We are particularly interested in making Enugu the centre for Chinese manufactured goods in Nigeria,” Governor Ugwuanyi told the envoy and his team. We are consequently, making necessary and unrelenting efforts to sustain the business-friendly environment that already exists in the state especially through continuous investments in security, infrastructural development, environmental improvement, expansion and regularisation of social services.

“We also have about 17 potentially lucrative state-owned companies and industries dealing in diverse areas of business and production that have been listed for commercialisation or privatisation,” he said.

Ugwuanyi told the team that the state is endowed with natural and human resources that offer abundant investment opportunities. The governor also said the presence of an international passenger and cargo airport and the location of a Free Trade Zone in Enugu as well as the urbanisation initiatives of the government, provide a further boost to economic potentials and profile of the state.

Earlier in his remarks, Mr. Zhou said it’s gratifying that Nigeria and China have a long diplomatic history, stressing the need to build on such history to mutually benefit both countries.

The envoy also noted that China was eager to make greater investments in Enugu, given the huge potential that abounds in the state, plus its importance in the South-East region, which, according to him, is home to virtually all business owners who trade with Chinese companies.

“One of my jobs has been to receive potential investors pouring into Nigeria, to share my observations with them and to encourage them to invest here,” he said, praising Ugwuanyi for creating an enabling environment for businesses to thrive.
http://sunnewsonline.com/ugwuanyi-were-partnering-china-to-make-enugu-trading-hub/

More pictures on education sector

ON a thread concerning the approval, someone suggested more routes through SE which makes more sense (number 1, 7 and 8 ) and not the village to village route some people are advocating while waiting for China to dash them money.

Ugwuanyi used the opportunity of South east and south south governors meeting to rally his fellow governors on the exclusion PH -Maiduguri line, now It has been approved
https://www.thecable.ng/buhari-approves-rail-lines-from-kano-to-daura-ph-to-maiduguri

davear:
All these useless people defending Ugwuanyi should wake up.

You are the only useless one here because you full of ignorance

davear:
Ambode seeks Nigerian govt’s permission for 3000MW project to power Lagos

www.premiumtimesng.com/regional/ssouth-west/239278-ambode-seeks-nigerian-govts-permission-3000mw-project-power-lagos.html

This is the type of project we expect the state governor to embark on. As far as I am concerned Ugwuanyi and all the southeast governors are dumb.

Both you and Ambode are the dumb ones, how does Ambode plan to get Eko and Ikeja distribution to surrender their distribution areas to him, despite having earlier agreement to extract Aba from Enugu disco, Geometric still ran into trouble with the person that purchased Enugu disco so how do you think Ambode will take over privately owned Eko and Ikeja discos? If ambode generate anything it goes to the national grid, what makes him different? Did RIvers and Akwa Ibom not run into same trouble? Despite PH distribution being bought by the state governments which they are part of, still they can't transmit locally because FG controls transmission and everything is shared in Oshogbo by qouta which they lose out greatly. Enugu does not have money to waste abeg. You can see from the news above that the investor for the ENugu solar power said that they have concluded plans for power purchase so it will be sold to discos through the national grid, any other person hoping otherwise is a dreamer except Geometric who had prior agreement with FG but he must buy it back from EEDC

eduj:
a luxury bus cost 120m Naira.this days hummer buses are even being used to ply those locations. I guess the fact that luxury vehicles don't go from Lagos and stop at ogun state , means that route is "unviable to luxurious buses level of Transport business."

of course, lagos ogun is a totally unvible route for luxurious bus operator that is why there is none plying it

ruggedized1:
Basilo, all you do all day and night is bitterly yapping rubbish every now and then. Why should we expect a hopeless jobless frustrated I.diot like you to believe that the Chinese are financing Anambra airport city when they are already on site. If it is not viable, is it the ghost airport in Enugu state that is viable?

Chinese are financing and developing Anambra aerotropolis, whether you believe it or not the airport will be the most viable and busiest airport after Abuja and Lagos on completion.


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This data only confirmed that the Enugu state airport is practically dead and unviable. No one uses the airport, no wonder the cargo receipts is the lowest across Nigeria.

who is dis dumb ass.s nigga? You are seeing an airport that beat abuja and kano in cargo departure in one year and you are here talking about anambra china airport that exist in their dreams. can we see pictures of constructions please? Let anambra sign the imaginary railway to connect their villages and remove Enugu lets wait and see how china will waste their hard earned money on useless village projects. By the way how far with your Chinese consulate?

Afam4eva:
I wonder why you equate non viability of routes to luxury buses not plying them. It's not like people are using bicycles as a mode of transport within these cities. It's buses that still convey people, albeit smaller buses. If it wasn't viable, no buses will ply those routes in the first place.

Btw, my argument has never been about Oyibo people investing in building rail systems in the SE. My thoughts are just that the South east cities need to be connected for the free movement of commodities within the region.

your argument is Illogical, why don't we have Enugu-Owerri Flight? or PH-Uyo? Do people not move between these cities? It is because of non viability of the routes for commercial flight operators. Secondly, we need rail, with which money? why waste time on empty dreams? only FG has the financial muscle to execute such project and private financier will not invest a kobo in it because it is not viable

davear:
It is your brain that is nonviable, do you know that apart from lagos, Southeast has the highest population densty in Nigeria? And do you know what it will translate to if we have a solid rail/road network. Have you ever considered the traffic volumes of Asaba-Onitsha-Enugu-Abakaliki-Ogoja link roads? or Enugu-Aba-PH link roads?

Lol, THose roads are not the busiest in Nigeria, yes, solid rail line is needed in east, but it is to connect us to other parts of Nigeria. This rail line is economically dead if its not connecting many far big cities in other parts of the country

Scholes007:
Am not interested in what ever Sokoto and Zamfara did to Lagos. Someone proposed a rail that will run from PH-Enugu n you called it a village road. You when ahead to say it should pass through large cities. Then I ask is[b] PH-Aba-Umuahia-Enugu [/b]small cities? Well that aside you rushed to tag it non viable, I ask again how will we develop our export,Alternative means of tranport,agricultural and industrial sectors without inter-connecting railway. Studies n all indication is showing that in no distant time south eastern state will have an unbearable population density, then I ask how do we transport ourselves and goods? By you analogy, Kuwait, UAE, Israel shouldn't have a railway. Pls remove this mentality of Nigeria n put up progressive one.

This is a part of the PH-Maiduguri line, and its viability is based on the fact that it connects numerous cities in the north, this is the line i advocate for, so i wonder why you are using it to ask me questions on viability. Kuwait and UAE have the money, we don't, they have since solved other minor issues we are still battling with, secondly, they are sovereign countries, we are not. Modernizing the PH maiduguri line and connecting us to SW is what we need

Thank you, but little correction, Bight of Biafra was renamed Bight of Bonny, Bight of Benin has always been there

Whenever you complain about how nigeria is made of people too diverse and different, they will bring up USA for their defense, but they will never allow Nigeria to be run like USA

Biafra haters are clearly frustrated. They keep coming up with meaningless write ups. we are still waiting for any of them with logical debate

Ikenna0b:
So true.

Like complete attention seeking whoring.

Anytime I open a biafran thread, you always see the same set of wh0res shouting how "SS are not Biafra" even without anyone mentioning them. The Urhobos being the worst whores of them all.

I'm bored of it.

Its becoming disgusting

gabinogem:
Well, i believe these points are also the things affecting the entire nation. Lack of unity(co-operation) & love(selfless sacrifice).

THat is it, everybody want to talk about igbos like others are saints.

BLACKdagger:
Which truth u talking about?..
Most of things he said there are crap.?

Eg.
Saying igbos dont work with who they dont like.
Isnt that a FAT LIE?.
when business is involved igbos threw every fight and grudge behind.

He should go to Kano and see how igbos and abookis transact business like twins despite frequent bloody riots among between them

whitebeard:
xcuse me Mr that's your generation problem not ours..my gf is a Igbo girl get that right..!!

afonjas and pvssy. smh for them

Power naturally improves around July-November in Nigeria, its because of heavy rainfall improve performance of the hydro power stations. It happens every year. Fashola keep quiet

As usual, you keep showing few square inches instead of a wide range view covering a significant area of the city and keep repeating same over and over. see below the wide coverage

Abagworo:
I wish we were still attached to our ancestral land but unfortunately we have deviated. Majority of Igbos now live outside their homeland and have invested all their life savings in foreign lands. There children have not been to the village and cannot speak Igbo language. I think we should spend more time in our villages and develop them. Okorocha has developed his village but we all need to develop ours.

Living outside is not the issue, being permanently attached to the village is the issue that is why it is only in igboland you see beautiful edifices outside the cities.Same reason all road even in innermost villages are on lockdown due to hold up during xmas period. same reason a lot money is always spent to take the corpse of every igbo person that died back to his ancestral home for burial. as for the bolded, Okorocha is governor, we are not all governors. It is because of the igbo way of life that he returned to his village and became governor instead of becoming a governor in Jos. Former governor of Kano, Ibrahim shekarau is originally from Borno state same with Abacha, but they have all lost touch permanently with their ancestral home, same is never possible with an igbo man

Afonjazies

the usual suspects

Litmus:
Obstinacy and belligerency are sadly not solely an Igbo traite - that's if this is what op means. The rest of Africa possess these traits in spades,which is why Africa is backward. See the people of South Sudan, Central Africa ,Somalia and so on. Compare the progress made by the docile people of the world to the obstinate ones. The most belligerent nation of the carebean is Haiti. Compare Haiti to the rest of the Carebean. Compare the comparative docile people of Asia to combative Africans.

For Africa to progress, Africans simply need peaceful environment in which to work. They need to buckle down and work for all, especially the future of thire children. They need long term planning not short term ones.

how about RUssia and Isreal??