In furtherance of the activities towards the upcoming National Conference on Ajaokuta Steel Project, the Honourable Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Arc. Olamilekan Adegbite has received in audience, the National Planning Committee for the Conference slated for November 25 and 26 this year.
The Committee under the leadership of Engr. Mohammed Lawal, a board member of Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited, was at the Minister’s office to brief him on the plans and preparedness for the proposed first conference on Ajaokuta.
The group which was made up of some members of the Planning Committee, include Dr. Lanre Adebayo, co-Chair of the Committee and Director General of Institute for Governance and Leadership Studies in Africa, IGLSA, Hajia Medina Dauda Nadabo, Bureau Chief of Voice of America, VOA, Mr. Augustine Paul Agbo, Executive Officer of Leadership Newspaper and Mohammed Bougei Attah, Secretary of the Committee and Project Director for NGO Network.
While thanking the representatives of civil society organisations for their patriotic gesture in supporting the efforts of the current administration, the minister assured the group that the problem hindering the takeoff of Ajaokuta Steel Company will soon be a thing of the past.
He said with the commitment of President Muhammadu Buhari to the steel project, the much-awaited visit of the Russian experts is guaranteed. He added that with the fund approved by the President and the gradual receding of COVID 19, it will not be long to have the experts conduct the physical audit of both Ajaokuta Steel Company Limited and Itakpe Iron Ore Company as complimentary industries.