Tech firms Zeetin, Hydropolis announce partnership to promote Industrialisation

Nathan Tamarapreye, Yenagoa

Technology firms, Hydropolis Investment Limited and Zeetin, Precision Engineering Company have pledged to join forces to promote industrialisation in the country.

Mr Azibaola Robert, founder of Zeetin, Precision Engineering Company said in a statement issued in Yenagoa on Friday that the partnership would provide a solid framework for industries to start and thrive.

Robert said that Zeetin, Precision Engineering in Abuja on Wednesday received the Management of Hydropolis Investment Limited, the subsidiary of Mainstream Energy Solutions, Hydropolis operates the Kainji Dam Hydro.

According to Robert, the Hydropower firm was on a working visit to Zeetin Factory, as part of the collaborative effort to deepen and catalyse the industrialisation of Nigeria.

The two firms are currently working on the building of the Hydropolis industrial park in Kainji, Niger State.

Robert explained that as part of its investment, Hydropolis is commencing the building of a Free Trade Zone.

The proposed facility would be a one-stop industrial park to house over 200 industries, together with an international airport, a luxurious living city and forest reserves that will also drive tourism to Nigeria.

Robert said the Hydropolis was led by Dr Abdulmalik Ndagi, its project coordinator, expressed satisfaction over Zeetin’s capacity to provide the technical backup for the building of the industrial park

He said that Zeetin would also continuously provide spares for the various industries to be located in the park.

Robert noted that only strategic collaboration amongst technology-driven Nigerian companies can provide a veritable vehicle for fast-tracking the infrastructural development of the country.

“Nigeria’s infrastructural development can easily be fast-tracked, when our companies, especially those that are technology-driven, collaborate strategically for the overall infrastructural development and growth of Nigeria.

“That is what we are doing here in Zeetin. We are providing pioneer engineering solutions to Nigeria for the overall development of the country.

“This will spur several other Nigerians and companies to follow suit, and before you know, Nigeria will emerge as a technologically advanced country to reckon with,” Robert stated.

Responding, Ndagi said that Zeetin and Hydropolis would work out modalities that would enable the two companies to work together for the realisation of Hydropolis’ laudable projects in Nigeria.

“What we have come to see in Zeetin has overtaken our own plan.  We need to work out modalities on how we can work with Zeetin to replicate this factory in our industrial park.

“This will help us bring down the cost of our project which will also enable us to accomplish it faster in the interest of Nigeria.

“The machines you have here at Zeetin are far, far beyond what we envisaged, and they will be of great benefit to us. So, there’s definitely a need for us to have a collaboration with Zeetin,” Nagi said.

The company is the promoter and developer of the Hydropolis Free Zone; its flagship investments comprise Afani Industrial Park, Afani Smart City, Hydropolis International/Cargo Airport – all located within the Hydropolis Free Zone.

Both companies said they were committed to working out modalities of cooperation for the common benefit of the respective companies, especially for the realisation of the industrial park in Kainji, in which construction has already commenced.