NASENI invites producers of lithium batteries to manufacture in Nigeria

The National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) has called on investors to collaborate with the agency in the local production and domestication of lithium batteries among other renewable energy solutions.

The Executive Vice Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of NASENI, Dr Bashir Gwandu, who spoke in Abuja recently, said the agency is ready to partner with international companies that are willing to set up their industries in Nigeria and start local production of renewable energy solutions, electric vehicles parts and other capital goods that can create jobs and reduce Nigeria’s dependence on foreign goods that exert pressure on foreign exchange for the country.

Gwandu, who disclosed this while receiving a business delegation from LEMI Technology Shenzhen, China, at NASENI headquarters, said “NASENI is already doing a lot in the area of solar panel production.”

He disclosed that NASENI will soon attract solar cell manufacturing to improve synergy with its existing work on solar panel assembly.

He said that the agency has held meetings with other companies from around the world with a view to seeking partnership on local production of lithium-based end-products in Nigeria as against the normal practice of foreign companies exporting the raw materials outside the country for processing.

According to him, taking some of the visions of NASENI forward, which is domestication of technologies, capital goods production and commercialisation in Nigeria, NASENI would help bridge the technological gaps between Nigeria and other countries, help stop importation of these technologies and encourage local production.

He also said NASENI will be working with the National Automotive Design and Development Council (NADDC) to encourage development and production of electric vehicles and even conversion of existing vehicles to electric vehicles as against producing from scratch.

Gwandu said in the same regard, NASENI is also in discussion with various stakeholders on promotion of the installation of electric vehicle charging stations on major roads across the country.

“We are inviting friends of Nigeria to come here and establish here. We are encouraging those who can come and produce locally. We will give them support and ensure that the investment environment is encouraging,” he said.

The NASENI EVC hoped that this call is an opportunity to partner those who want to produce in Nigeria to do so. The Federal Government, he disclosed, “would welcome any company who gets to us first,”adding that on the production of lithium batteries, the agency was ready to go into partnership with companies that are willing to establish their factories in Nigeria.

 

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