December 22, 2014 – For residents of Kogi State, it is indeed a cheering news that the Ajaokuta Steel Company has been revived and is currently serving the needs of Nigerians.
Minister of Power and Steel, Architect Musa Moammed Sada made the revelation in Abuja during his annual ministerial press briefing. He said that the complex has been revived and that it has been contributing to revenue generation in Nigeria.
In 2011, during his working visit to Kogi State, President Goodluck Jonathan promised the people of the state and indeed all Nigerians that Ajaokuta steel plant was dear to his heart and that during his tenure the steel plant will commence full production.
He had said during that visit that “Ajaokuta steel plant is the bedrock of the nation’s industrialisation.
“ I want to assure the good people of Kogi State that my administration is committed to the timely completion of the steel plant to serve the purpose that it was establish to serve as the bedrock of the nation development in 1979”, he said during the visit
We gathered that management of the complex has signed Memorandum of Understanding, MoU with several companies to produce steel for them.
