Tuesday, 23 August 2016

WE NEED YOU TO SALVAGE AJEOKUTA LOCAL GOVERNMENT (ADU-OJA OF THE YOUTH), Ajaokuta steel: A Big Dream Waiting to be Actualised

The establishment of Ajaokuta Steel plant in Kogi State was seen as the desired step towards heralding Nigeria into the industrial age. But 30 years after, the plant has remained mothballed as the equipment and other facilities are still lacking. AJEOKUTA LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROGRESSIVE YOUTHS, WOMEN AND LEADERS, looks at the problems and need for Hon ABDULRAHMAN IBRAHIM DANSEBE. TO COME AND RESCUED US

The construction of Ajaokuta Steel plant more than 30 years, was intended to be the pivot on which the industrialization of Nigeria would take place. However, today, the gigantic edifice has remained abandoned, without achieving the noble aim for its existence.
The coming of the military in the 80’s disrupted activities at the Ajaokuta Steel Plant, National Iron Ore Company, Itakpe and all subsidiaries like Oshogbo, Aladja and Katsina steel rolling mills, as there were no clear direction by the successive administrations to revamp them.
Investigations revealed that there is no doubt that a functional steel plant and allied subsidiaries will play a major role in propelling Nigeria to realise the objective of vision 20-2020, of being among the 20 best economies of the world.
One wonders why the federal government has not been able to take the bull by the horns in the last 14 years of democratic administration, considering that it took the then NPN -administration four years to build the plants and questions agitating Nigerians are why is the Ajaokuta plant still underutilised after 98 percent completion?
However, in line with the determination to realise the objectives of vision 2020, the need to revive the ailing Ajaokuta Steel Plant has been stressed.

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