Northern Elders Forum to host maiden industrial summit

From Charity Nwakaudu, Abuja

The Northern Elders Forum, NEF, in collaboration with the nineteen (19) States of Northern Nigeria and the New Nigeria Development Company (NNDC) is set to host the maiden edition of the Northern Nigeria Investment and Industrialization Summit in Abuja.

The spokesperson of the forum, professor Abubakar Jidere who known at a press conference in Abuja on Monday,said the summit is an economic call to unlock the vast economic endowment of the region.

According to him, the event, scheduled for the 29th and 30th of September 2025, has been carefully developed over the past one year and six months.

” The purpose of the summit is to host an occasion that will launch a deliberate patriotic agenda—one designed to strengthen the region’s development efforts and open new doors of opportunity for our people, our country, and our partners.

This summit is not just another conference. It is the unveiling of a fresh vision. It is an economic call to action, an appeal to conscience, and a strategic plan to unlock the promise of Northern Nigeria.

“It is not for Northern Nigeria alone. It is for Nigeria. It is for Africa. It is for all global partners who believe in shared prosperity.When Northern Nigeria rises, Nigeria rises.When Nigeria rises, Africa rises.

Speaking on the security situation of the region,he said the federal government is working tirelessly with the state governments to make sure it will be a thing of the last in the last one year.