RMRDC SETS FRESH AGENDA FOR COMPLETION OF KAGARA AND KWAKUTI PROJECT

The Raw Materials Research and Development Council (RMRDC) has set a time frame for the completion of two of its stalled projects in Niger state.  The projects are the Kagara Talc processing plant designed to produce talc for the manufacture of cosmetics and pharmaceuticals, and the Hydrated Lime project, which is to produce hydrated lime. 

The Chairman of the RMRDC Governing Board, Chief (Mrs.) Pauline Tallen made this commitment when members of the Board paid a courtesy call on the Niger State Governor, Alhaji Abdulkadir Kure, at the Government House, Mina, recently.  

She said that the Board’s visit was going to change the situation as the Council would work assiduously to make them functional within six months, while she pledged the Council’s support for the development of other abundant raw materials resources in the state.  

Responding, Alhaji Kure mentioned that there were large deposits of kaolin, Talc, Hydrated lime, and Ceramics in the state and enjoined the council to assist the state in their exploitation.  He also commented that the full exploitation of the abundant raw mineral raw materials locally, in the state, would eliminate the burden of importation of the same raw materials from abroad.  

The RMRDC Board also visited the Niger state RMRDC Liaison Office where the Director General, Eng (Prof.) Peter Onwualu enjoined the staff to be worthy ambassadors of the Council in order to facilitate the realization of the Council’s corporate goals and objectives.  

The Board members also paid a courtesy call on the Emir of Kagara to intimate him with Council’s projects domiciled in his domain.
                          
                                                                                                        Chucks Ngaha