The governor announced the development while signing the memorandum of understanding with the China Global Promotion Cooperation Research Centre in Bauchi .
According to The Punch newspaper, the governor explained that the move was to position the state as a rising hub of international cooperation and accelerate investment, infrastructure development and bilateral collaborations across sectors in the long-term partnership.
The agreement is expected to have an impact in the areas of agriculture , healthcare, mining, education, manufacturing, trade, oil and gas. He explained that the MoU highlighted the framework for the understanding.
He stressed that a specific project agreement would be developed based on the development.
Governor Bala further disclosed that parts of the deal were to have a Bauchi State representative office in China, where project implementation would be overseen and timely delivery would be ensured.
