Vice President Kashim Shettima has called for accelerated investment in Nigeria’s domestic green hydrogen industry as part of efforts to reduce the country’s over-dependence on the unpredictable global fossil fuel markets.
Speaking in Abuja over the weekend at the Nigeria 4H₂ Project Results Workshop and End of Project Stakeholders Interaction, Shettima emphasized the transformative potential of green hydrogen in driving economic diversification, industrial growth, and energy transition.
The Vice President highlighted Nigeria’s Green Energy Roadmap, which outlines the country’s ambition to attract $5 billion in private investments and create 500,000 new jobs by 2035, spanning manufacturing, logistics, technology, engineering, and research. Additionally, the country is eyeing $10 billion in annual hydrogen export revenue from this emerging sector.
The Nigeria 4H₂ project, supported by the German government, is a strategic initiative aimed at exploring green hydrogen-to-fertiliser production using solar and wind energy. The project has served as a technical and stakeholder-led feasibility study into Nigeria’s capacity to become a competitive hydrogen producer and exporter.
Shettima described the project as “a major leap toward sustainable development,” stressing that renewable energy innovation must be at the heart of Nigeria’s industrial future.
