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Senate flay’s abandonment of Ajaokuta steel project

Ihesiulo Grace 1 November 2021 0

*Knocks Executive over envelope budget *As Minister seeks NASS’s intervention By Haruna Salami The Senate through its Committee on Solid Minerals , Mine , Steel Development and Metallurgy , frowned at the abandonment of Ajaokuta Iron and Steel Project through non- provision of required

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‘Ajaokuta steel plant can create 10,000 jobs for Nigerian engineers’

Ihesiulo Grace 1 March 2021 0

The Federal Government has expressed optimism that the Ajaokuta Steel Plant in Kogi can generate 10,000 jobs for Nigerian engineers, when it becomes operational. The Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Mr Olamilekan Adegbite, made the announcement at a News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Forum in Abuja on Sunday. He said that if the Ajaokuta […]

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Back In Times: Even Babangida, Abacha, Obasanjo, Others Promised To Complete Ajaokuta And Failed, As The Steel Company Continues To Be Conduit For Corrupt Leaders

Ihesiulo Grace 30 November 2019 0

The Minister in charge of Mines and Olamilekan Adegbite this week said President Muhammadu Buhari has given him the marching order to carry on with all negotiations necessary for the completion and operation of the Ajaokuta Steel Company located in Kogi State. He said his ministry has studied the issues surrounding the company to see […]

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Ajaokuta steel coy can employ 10, 000 workers – Society

Ihesiulo Grace 1 November 2019 0

The Nigerian Metallurgical Society (NMS) says the Ajaokuta Steel Company can employ more than 10, 000 workers in Nigeria. National President of the society, Prof. Suleiman Hassan, stated this in his welcoming address at the 35th conference and annual general meeting on Thursday at the University of Ilorin. READ ALSO The Necessity of Nigeria’s IGIS Project […]

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I’ll make Ajaokuta steel project a reality –NPC candidate

Ihesiulo Grace 7 September 2019 0

The candidate of the Nigeria Peoples Congress (NPC), Alhaji Mohammed Aliyu, has promised to ensure the realisation of Ajaokuta steel project if elected in the Nov.16 governorship election in Kogi. The candidate disclosed this in a statement on Saturday and made available to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja. He said NPC government would take […]

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Reps will override Buhari’s veto on Ajaokuta, says Nkem-Abonta

Ihesiulo Grace 2 April 2018 0

The National Assembly and the Presidency are heading for another show down over the contentious concession of the Ajaokuta Steel Complex with the Chairman, House special committee on Ajaokuta, Rep. Nkem-Abonta declaring that the House will override President Muhammadu Buhari’s veto if he declines assenting to the bill compelling the federal government to complete the

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Reps stop Ajaokuta Steel concession, propose $1bn to complete complex

Ihesiulo Grace 29 March 2018 0

The House of Representatives on Wednesday, passed into law two bills halting the concession of the Ajaokuta Steel Complex and proposing the expenditure of $1billion by the federal government to complete the steel complex from the excess crude account. The bills, each sponsored by 301 lawmakers, were first introduced for first reading on Wednesday last […]

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Fayemi Educates Reps on concession of Ajaokuta Steel

Ihesiulo Grace 15 March 2018 0

The Hon. Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Dr. Kayode Fayemi has said that the debate by the House of Representatives on Ajaokuta Steel Company and subsequent resolution by the House to stop the planned concession of the Steel Company were prompted by impulse and misinformation rather than verifiable facts. A statement on Wednesday signed […]

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Ajaokuta Steel: Nigeria Should Stop Victimising Investors

Ihesiulo Grace 12 March 2018 0

Ordinarily, the ongoing probe of the circumstances that led to the sorry state of Ajaokuta Steel Company and others in the sector by the House of Representatives in Abuja should be welcomed and commended by all well-meaning and patriotic Nigerians. However, the on-going probe is neither the first nor the second and not even the […]