Director-general/chief executive officer (CEO), Raw Materials Research and Development Council (RMRDC), Professor Nnanyelugo Martin Ike-Muonso, has said that for the coal sector to thrive and contribute significantly to Enugu State and Nigeria’s economic growth, stakeholders must put in place implementable strategies that would enhance its value chain development.
He said such strategies, if properly implemented, would boost job creation, industrialisation and energy security.
Prof Ike-Muonso stated this in Enugu at a one-day investors forum on Coal Value Chain Development in the state.
The forum was organised by the Enugu State Coordinating Office of RMRDC, in collaboration with the Enugu Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (ECCIMA) and the state Ministry of Innovation, Science and Technology.
The programme was themed, “Unlocking Investment Opportunities in the Coal Value Chain for Sustainable Industrial Growth.”
The RMRDC is a pivotal Nigerian government agency under the Federal Ministry of Science, Technology and innovations, which focuses on promoting the development and optimal utilisation of Nigeria’s vast industrial raw materials, fostering sustainable industrial growth.
Represented by a director in the Enugu State office of the council, Mrs Edith Obi, the director-general posited that coal has huge economic potentials like crude oil capable of taking the state economy and the country at large to the next level, if properly harnessed.
