Nigeria, May 26 -- Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State has reaffirmed his administration's commitment to transforming the state into a hub for clean energy production, leveraging its vast lithium deposits to pave the way for Nigeria's first electric vehicle (EV) manufacturing facility.

Speaking during a special event organized by the Abdullahi Sule Gidan-Gidan Support Group to mark his sixth year in office, Governor Sule emphasized the strategic importance of lithium in the global energy transition and reiterated his government's intention to maximize its potential for industrial development.

The ceremony, held in Lafia, the state capital, comes in the wake of the recent commissioning of a lithium processing plant established by A...