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Nasarawa Trade Fair: Dangote promises more jobs
Photo caption: Participants on the Dangote Special Day at the just concluded Nasarawa State Trade Fair and Exhibition(NASTFE)
Dangote Group has assured that its widening business footprint across Nigeria and the rest of Africa is set to yield a significant employment opportunity.
Dangote Group is Nigeria’s second largest employer of labour after the Federal Government.
Speaking on its Special Day at the just concluded Nasarawa Trade Fair in the state capital Lafia, Regional Director and Special Adviser to the President of Dangote Group, Fatima Wali-Abdurrahman, said new jobs and new roles are being created as the company expands its investments and scale up its operations across its Strategic Business Units.
Group President and Chief Executive of the company, Aliko Dangote, noted last week in Lagos, that expanding the Dangote Petroleum Refinery from 650,000 barrels per day to 1.4 million could draw in as many as 95,000 skilled workers at the peak of construction.
Mrs Wali-Abdurrahman, who was represented by the company’s National Assembly Lead, Hon. Shuaibu Abdullahi, said Nasarawa State is home to Dangote’s biggest Backward Integration project in the sugar sector, the Nasarawa Sugar Company Limited (NSCL).
She added that the project’s completion would unlock a new wave of employment, creating expanded opportunities for the people of Nasarawa State and Nigeria.
According to the Regional Director, the conglomerate is expected to generate thousands of direct and indirect jobs from expansion in its key businesses which include: petroleum, fertilizer, cement, agriculture, sugar and salt, among others.
Speaking on the company’s Vision 2030, she said: “The Vision is a commitment to transform Nigeria and Africa from a consumption-based economy into a production-based powerhouse.”
She added: Nasarawa State occupies a strategic position in our long-term investment plans. It is home to Dangote’s Nasarawa Sugar Company Limited (NSCL) in Tunga, which, when completed, will be one of the biggest sugar investments on the African continent.”
Speaking earlier, a Director of Industry and Investment, Ministry of Trade Industry and Investment, Mrs Catherine Bako, said the Nasarawa State Government under Governor Abdullahi Sule has provided the enabling environment for the private sector investors.
According to her, the government has entrenched ease of doing business as its cardinal objective.
The Director of Trade at the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Investment Dr. Ahmed Agbo, told audience at a panel session on the Dangote Special Day that the state has numerous mineral resources that will attract potential investors.
Mr. Agbo said the state would like to partner with the Dangote Group to explore the numerous mineral resources and industrial raw materials.
The Chairman of the Nigerian Association of Small-Scale Industrialist (NASSI), Nidan Sambo Manasseh, said: “The Dangote Vision 2030 is about expansion, scale, and self-sufficiency. In Nasarawa, we are offering something practical to support that vision-a ready environment where large industry can plug into existing raw materials and an emerging SMES base. This is where vision meets opportunity.”
The Enugu State Government has suspended His Royal Majesty, Igwe Eze William Ezugwu, the traditional ruler of Ibagwa Ogbozalla Opi Autonomous Community, in Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu state.
The state government accused Igwe Ezugwu of violating provisions of the state’s Traditional Rulers Law.
In a letter of suspension dated September 24, the Enugu State Government cited his alleged failure to constitute his cabinet, failure to establish a Town Union governing body, and persistent conduct deemed inconsistent with the laws governing traditional rulers in the state.
The suspension comes barely three weeks after Igwe William Ezugwu received NDC presidential candidate Peter Obi at his palace in Opi, Nsukka LGA, where he reportedly blessed Obi’s presidential ambition.
The Deputy Commander of Operation Rainbow, CSP (Chief Superintendent of Police) Dennis David Babale, has been killed after gunmen suspected to be Fulani Bandits ambushed personnel of the security outfit along the Bokkos-Barkin Ladi road in Barkin Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau State.
Operation Rainbow is a State-backed community security and intelligence-gathering outfit in Plateau State, Nigeria, originally established in 2010 under former Governor Jonah Jang and recently revamped by Governor Caleb Mutfwang to combat rural violence and beef up grassroots security.
The incident reportedly occurred at about 4:06 p.m. on Tuesday, September 22, 2026 when the personnel, travelling in a Toyota Hilux vehicle, came under attack by unidentified gunmen.
Troops of Sector 4, Operation ENDURING PEACE (OPEP), responded to a distress report and moved to the location of the attack.
Sources told reporters that Babale sustained gunshot wounds during the ambush and was evacuated to the General Hospital, Barkin Ladi, for medical attention.
Following the attack, troops, working alongside personnel of other security agencies, launched offensive operations and a manhunt for the assailants within the general area.
Security forces have intensified efforts to track the attackers and prevent further attacks along the route.
Director General/CEO of the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) and Nigeria’s Permanent Representative at the World Meteorological Organization, Prof. Charles Anosike and other Chief Executive Officers of similar agencies across the world, have concluded a one week high level dialogue on Climate Science Information for Climate Finance and the 53rd Senior Official Field Exchange (SOFE) in Beijing, China.
The event which was hosted by World Meteorological Organization (WMO), took place from September 14 to 18, 2026 and featured discussions on: strengthening the role and leadership development of National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHSs) in mobilizing climate finance; aligning scientific and technical capabilities with risk-informed, people-centred early warning systems; shifting from technical assistance to sustainable investments by expanding practical cooperation between meteorological frameworks and multilateral financing entities; and support to NMHSs leadership on strengthening strategic thinking and fostering productive partnerships.
Held back-to-back with the High-level dialogue was the 53rd Senior Official Field Exchange to Fujian Province for first-hand exposure to the implementation of Multi-hazard, Alert, Zero-gap and Universal (MAZU) platform – China’s AI-driven meteorological early warning solution in support of the Early Warnings for All (EW4All) initiative and disaster risk reduction practices through technical exchanges, field visits and peer learning.
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