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Dangote’s $400m Zambian cement factory ready in February

By on January 11, 2014

Dangote Group is set to complete the process of establishing a cement factory estimated at $400m in Zambia.

The Nigerian High Commissioner in Zambia, Mrs. Sifawu Momoh, who gave the indication, said the cement factory would be ready in February.

She said the establishment of the factory was part of the Federal Government’s strategies to strengthen economic ties between Nigeria and Zambia.

Momoh stated this when she received a team of the Technical Aids Corps, led by Mr. Salmon Shittu, from Nigeria, who briefed the envoy on new strategies being adopted by the agency to ensure effective operations of the TAC scheme in its mandate countries.

The high commissioner was quoted in a statement by the TAC on Thursday as saying that the Dangote’s cement factory, when fully operational, would give direct employment to many Zambian citizens and boost the economic ties between both countries.

She said Nigeria had a lot to learn from Zambia in the areas of agriculture and tourism.

The envoy added that her home country was ready to help in capacity development of Zambia.

“As part of the efforts to help Zambia develop, the Nigeria Directorate of TAC has sent its medical personnel to further boost the Zambian health industry,” Momoh said.

She also said that the governments of both countries had been discussing ways of sustaining and increasing direct investments.

The high commissioner  explained that investors from both countries would soon meet to share ideas on how to bring development to the country.

Shittu, who is the leader of the TAC delegation, called for increasing cooperation between the two governments in order to strengthen their bilateral relationships.

He urged the volunteers to be good ambassadors of Nigeria and not to generate bad publicity for their country, adding that they should abide by the laws of their host country.

He said the volunteers would be given adequate protection, provided they operated within the ambit of the law of their host country.

 

 

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