Why Nigeria can’t abandon Ajaokuta — FG
Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) of the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure, NASENI, Mr. Khalil Halilu, has said that Nigeria cannot afford to abandon the multi-billion dollar Ajaokuta Steel Company, ASC, because the nation would not industrialise without a steel backbone.
Ajaokuta: 301 lawmakers sponsor bill against commercialisation
A Bill for an Act to amend the Public Enterprise (Privatisation and Commercialisation) Act to review the list of enterprises to be privatised passed second reading on Thursday at the House of Representatives.
Untangling the Ajaokuta puzzle
THE Ajaokuta Steel Company Ltd (ASCL) in Ajaokuta, Kogi State is the greatest signature of the failure of Nigeria to deliver one of its grand strategic national plans for rapid industrialisation. It is a generational failure which came as a result of deep seated corruption and selfish pursuits by vested interests in each succeeding regime since its incorporation in 1979.
Ajaokuta Steel: Reps move to probe alleged infractions by Fayemi
APPARENTLY disturbed by wrong signals emerging from the steel sector, the House of Representatives, yesterday, moved that the Ministry of Steel should be probed for employing an audit firm allegedly discredited globally for promoting corruption.
Reps misunderstood Ajaokuta process- Fayemi
The minister of Mines and Steel Development, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has said that the House of Representatives has misunderstood the on-going process to make Ajaokuta Steel Plant operational.
Ajaokuta: Witnesses throw up can of worms at Reps sectoral hearing
ABUJA—Witnesses at a sectoral debate on the revival of moribund Ajaokuta Steel Company organised by House of Representatives, yesterday, revealed that politicians and government officials were frustrating the completion of the complex.
