Vice-President Kashim Shettima, said Nigeria is poised to produce 4,000 tonnes of lithium per day.
Declaring open a two-day roundtable on Sustainable Development of Nigeria’s Mining Sector, Shettima said President Bola Tinubu would soon inaugurate Nigeria`s largest lithium factory capable of processing 4,000 metric tonnes of lithium per day.
He noted that the Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dele Alake performed a ground-breaking ceremony for the Lithium factory in Nasarawa in 2023 to produce 18,000 metric tonnes of lithium per day.
Shettima said that more lithium sites were being discovered across the country.
The vice-president commended Alake for the reforms he had brought to the solid minerals sector particularly his plan to sanitise and reposition the sector to boost Nigeria’s economic profile.
He also commended the minister for making the sector public and private sectors-driven, adding that the approach would open up the sector for opportunities and fast-track its development.
