A Dutch delegation led by the country’s deputy consul general in Nigeria, Peter Keulers and the Abia State government have teamed up for business deals on waste management and energy.
In the company of the delegation was the Dutch Kaltani Company, a key development partner in waste collection and recycling with a Nigerian, Charles Nnanna as the managing director and chief executive officer.
At a meeting between the delegation and the government, the governor, Alex Otti said his administration is committed to partnerships that will provide alternative and steady energy for the industrialisation of the state.
“We need to solve the energy problem. I’ll say that we are almost there and it’s the same Aba that we talked about that has power from an independent integrated power company that runs on a 24 hour basis.”
“The demand for energy is inelastic and you know how it is for people who are entrepreneurs, people who have capacity to produce anything, so these people require support from the government,” he said.
Speaking, Keulers said they are on scoping mission to meet with government, private sector and academic/research organisations to discuss possible areas of deployment of Dutch Technology and knowledge
In a contribution Nnanna said they are ready to partner in the project of waste collection and recycling and expressed their desire to collaborate with the administration in realizing its vision of creating wealth from waste.
In an address earlier, the commissioner for Power and Public Utilities, Ikechukwu Monday assured the delegation of the rich human and material endowments of the state and the need for them to invest in the state.
