 In business, the Niger State government's Green Economy Summit Initiative has attracted international investors led by NNPC Ltd to sign a first-of-its-kind green economy and energy development partnership agreement for the development of four unique projects. The projects are a Greenfield hydroelectric power project, mega solar parks and institutions and home solar systems for 250,000 households, 500 million litres ethanol plants with associated cropping of maize, sugarcane, sewage, surgum on 100,000 hectares of land in the Niger State and the NNPC plans to plant 135 million trees on 100,000 hectares of land as part of its commitment to climate protection among others. The governor of the Niger State, Umaru Baghou, said he is committed to planting one billion trees on one million hectares of land over the next eight years.