Ajaokuta steel company limited office in 22, 22, tijani ashogbon street, bariga, shomolu, lagos, nigeria. The asians rightfully ignored the world bank and went ahead with their project and the rest they say is history. The idea of having a steel industry was conceived in 1958 by the federal government. One of the cases of failure ajaokuta steel company by engr. First, lokoja was the first administrative and commercial capital of nigeria when lord lugard became the governor general of nigeria after mungo park and richard and john landers explored the river niger in 1830s.
This page connects people who agitate on economic justice for ajaokuta scl to boost industrialization, employment generation and. Kayode fayemi, the ebullient minister of solid minerals development, does not look, a little bit, like santa claus. Foreign consultants advised that it was better to import steel than to construct and run a steel. Built on a 24,000 hectares 59,000 acres site starting in 1979, 1 it is the largest steel mill in nigeria, and the coke oven and byproducts plant are larger than all the refineries in nigeria. But when he visited the twin industrial sites of ajaokuta iron and steel company. A mystery behind the failure of ajaokuta steel company by abdul aji ajaokuta steel company established over 30 years ago to produce steel to ginger the nations industrial growth now reels in the throes of unending controversies. Making ajaokuta steel company valid hope of nations. Michael jegede looks at ajaokuta steel company and nigerias industrialisation dream after nigerias attainment of independence in 1960, we have had various industrial and economic development plans, designed for the purpose of transforming the country into an industrialized nation that would become a force to reckon with in the global economy. Reviving nigerias steel industry for economic development. They also observe that ajaokuta steel company would have done better than south korea if it has started production. The project was undertaken by the soviet union under a cooperation agreement with nigeria. The headquarters of the lga are in the town of egayin in the south of the area at. No mining and steel production took place, as the two parties nigerian government and an indian steel firm, global steel holding limited gshl were engaged in legal battle over a terminated concession agreement.
Dec 24, 2015 kayode fayemi, the ebullient minister of solid minerals development, does not look, a little bit, like santa claus. Jan 14, 2019 abubakar bwari, the minister of state, mines and steel development, said that 11 companies have indicated interest to operate the ajaokuta steel company. Nigerias plan to build a railway to supply iron ore to its idle ajaokuta steel plant could be the biggest sign yet that president muhammadu buhari is implementing his policy to diversify away. The approval came after an exclusive al jazeera report on how corruption was. Effect of employee training and management development on organisational performance a case study offirst bank nigeria. According to them, south korea, which started its steel construction around the same time with ajaokuta steel company presently has a revenue base of more than n60 billion dollars per annum and employs more than 65,000 workers.
Ajaokuta steel company limited ascl popularly known as ajaokuta steel mill is a steel mill. How ajaokuta steel complex was killed, buried vanguard news. The ajaokuta steel company, the engine of industrial emancipation of nigeria consists of the following process units. Even if only n4 billion was allocated to the company in the present appropriation bill. Lawyer urges fg to reengage russian company in ajaokuta rehabilitation pt. China accounts for over 60% of asias steel production and remains the worlds largest producer and largest consumer courtesy of tpe with the blast furnace technology. Ajaokuta steel company is one of the national asset held in hostage by our rulers over the years. The engineering design, function and prospects of the. Steel production remains a distinctive classification mark between 1st and 3rd world. The steel company has four different types of rolling mills inside the plant, such as the billet mill which produces billets. The complex is meant to be used to generate important upstream and downstream industrial and economic activities that are critical to the diversification of our economy into an industrial one. The realisation by the government that steel is the bedrock of industrialisation made the country to restructure its priorities in the 60s. Ajaokuta steel company, natasha akpoti, house of reps and the acquisition plot. The project examined plans made and agreements reached in regard to the plants construction and subsequent operation.
Visiting research fellow monograph series this series aim at disseminating the results of research done by visiting research fellows at the institute of developing economies. Timeline of activities on ajaokuta steel company limited. Pdf statistical quality control of chemical compositions of. This ajaosteel company is capable of bringing food to the table of more than 500,000 citizens according to mr isah onobera, the sole administrator of the company. By federal ministry of mines and steel development.
Nigeria has a long, but discontinuous history of mining and the country was a. Ajaokuta steel company limited in kogi state nigeria, the second largest in africa and 12th largest iron ore in the world has not only been under lock and key, but has remained a big centre for massive looting and wastage of the nations resources. Ajaokuta steel complex news latest breaking stories and. Ajaokuta is a local government area in kogi state, nigeria and a town within it on the left bank of the niger river. World bank and went ahead with their project and the rest they say is history. In 2015, former minister of solid minerals kayode fayemi paid a day official visit to ajaokuta steel company ltd. Industrially, kogi state is an investors haven, the state has a number of industrial ventures which include ajaokuta iron and steel complex, jakura marble, valley food, mopa okura sawmill, idah ceramic company, oil palm company, nigeria ironore manufacturing company. Evolution of ajaokuta steel plant in nigeria idrc digital library. The steelworks have been called the bedrock of nigerias industrialization. Started in 1979 as the lodestone of the national steel programme, estimates of what the government has.
Read all the latest news, breaking stories, top headlines, opinion, pictures and videos about ajaokuta steel company from nigeria and the world on today. Nigeria plan to link mines to steel mill seen as buhari test. Brief history of kogi state kogi state page 1 of 1. Ajaokuta steel the road to industrialization politics. Ajaokuta steel project is located on 24,000 hectares of sprawling greenfield landmass. Its chief objective was to determine the extent to which such plans and agreements were in fact followed. Philip atanmuo, the erstwhile general managerproject director of the moribund ajaokuta steel complex, ajaokuta, kogi state has revealed how tribal sentiment, corruption. Ajaokuta steel company was designed and specified in russian system gosh yet in 2003 an american based company found its way in ajaokuta to run the company with disastrous consequencies. Consequently, the government has been their source of funds.
Failure of the ajaokuta steel rolling mill project. Ajaokuta steel mill in nigeria set to undergo reconstruction. By accepting to release ajaokuta to the federal government, a major readjustment of gshls interests in nigerias steel space has taken place, making the company. The ajaokuta steel company unlike its counterpart in delta in an integrated blast furnace producer of bars, shapes and medium structural with planned capacity of 1. May 18, 20 history has it that, there are many reasons why lokoja is a special place in nigerian history. Statistical quality control sqc analysis deals with quantitative data. The completion of warri ajaokuta rail line, dredging of, river niger, and installation of bulk handling facilities at the ports are still outstanding. Ajaokuta steel and nigeriaas industrialisation dream. The twists and turns around 34yearold ajaokuta steel company.
I am online and ready to help you via whatsapp chat. Ajaokuta steel company news latest breaking stories and. This ajaosteel company is capable of bringing food to the table of more than 500,000 citizens according to mr isah onobera, the sole administrator of the company vanguard 5th may,2017. Significantly, the nations premier iron and steel complex is located at ajaokuta. Ajaokuta steel and nigerias industrialisation dream. Raw materials preparation unit i ncluding the sintering plant cokeoven and by product plant iron making unit steel making unit rolling mill general auxiliary unit ajaokuta steel company was designed and specified in russian system gosh. As at 1983 when the government of shagari was toppled by the then general muhammadu buhari, ajaokuta steel company was 84 per cent completed.
The policy of the government is that it will not release ajaokuta steel just like that. However, no part of this paper may be quoted without the permission of the author, since some of the results may be preliminary. Pdf statistical quality control of chemical compositions. The ajaokuta integrated steel complex was conceived and steadily developed with the vision of erecting a metallurgical process plant cum engineering complex with other auxiliaries and facilities. The more a country specializes in the production of. The ajaokuta steel company in kogi state of nigeria was envisaged to serve as the bedrock of nigerias industrialisation. The history of the steel industry in nigeria dates back to 1958 when the first market surveys on the subsector were commissioned. Attah, whose company is working out a joint venture agreement with ajaokuta steel company, said they will start with 10, 000 tonnes production capacity and gravitate to more than 400,000 tonnes of finished products as soon as the agreement is concluded. Its chief objective was to determine the extent to which such plans and.
Oluwole adeloye on the evolution of nigerias ajaokuta steel plant. The plant is meant to generate important upstream and downstream industrial and economic activities that are critical to the diversification of the. Ajaokuta steel company being a public sector steel company has found it extremely difficult to source for funds in the financial market. Since the buhari administration was elected into office in 2015, the country has witnessed a rigorous and well focused commitment to revive the countrys abandoned. May, 2016 a rare video of ajaokuta steel company limited made by a passionate and committed staff of tyazhpromexport tpe russia former soviet union. Built on a 24,000 hectares 59,000 acres site starting in 1979, it is the largest steel mill in nigeria, and the coke oven and byproducts plant are larger than all the refineries in nigeria combined. The plant is meant to generate important upstream and downstream industrial and economic activities that are critical to the diversification of the nigerian economy into an industrial one. These firms, all of western origin, were of the opinion that available raw material could not. Nigerias iron, steel sector challenge and quest for. The ajaokuta integrated iron and steel plant is based on the blast furnace basic.
Pdf critical look at the ajaokuta steel industry researchgate. Statistical quality control of chemical compositions of rolled products. Environmental issues of the ajaokuta steel complex in nigeria. Back to the future as nigeria turns to russia on ajaokuta steel. Read all the latest news, breaking stories, top headlines, opinion, pictures and videos about ajaokuta steel complex from nigeria and the world on today. Ohimain biomining and geomicrobiology research unit, biological sciences department, faculty of science, niger delta. The complex is meant to be used to generate important upstream and downstream industrial and economic. Unseen video of ajaokuta steel company limited youtube. Adegbite disclosed this in abuja during an interactive session with newsmen on the proposed nigerian solid minerals downstream workshop scheduled to hold dec.
Natasha akpoti exposes conspiracy on ajaokuta steel s revival at the house of reps debate. It is germane to note that steelmaking has had a long history that included. As an integrated steel plant, ajaokuta steel company ltd ascl was designed to produce 1. A rare video of ajaokuta steel company limited made by a passionate and committed staff of tyazhpromexport tpe russia former soviet union. In the first place, the ajaokuta steel complex was originally proposed to be sited in onitsha, anambra state but due to ethnic sentiment and political motive, it was moved to ajaokuta. May 08, 2019 sadly enough, the ajaokuta steel company which was established at the close of the 1970s as the nations backbone of industrialisation and the itakpe iron ore project meant to supply the raw. Buhari orders completion of ajaokuta steel the free zone. Abubakar bwari, the minister of state, mines and steel development, said that 11 companies have indicated interest to operate the ajaokuta steel company. One of the cases of failure ajaokuta steel company by. The challenge of domestic iron and steel production in nigeria elijah i. For eight years, the national iron ore mining company niocom and ajaokuta steel complex were under lock and keys.
Since the buhari administration was elected into office in 2015, the country has witnessed a rigorous and well. Ajaokuta steel company limited in 22, 22, tijani ashogbon. Industrially, kogi state is an investors haven, the state has a number of industrial ventures which include ajaokuta iron and steel complex, jakura marble, valley food, mopa okura sawmill, idah ceramic company, oil palm company, nigeria ironore manufacturing. Get your free pdf by completing the following form. Ajaokuta steel company was designed and specified in russian system gosh yet in 2003 an american based company found its way in ajaokuta to run the company. The challenge of domestic iron and steel production in nigeria. Ajaokuta steel company, natasha akpoti, house of reps and the acquisition plot ajaokuta steel company limited in kogi state nigeria, the second largest in africa and 12th largest. Ajaokuta steel plant is located in ajaokuta, kogi state, about 38km away from lokoja, the state capital. Nov 25, 2019 mr olamilekan adegbite, the minister of mines and steel development, says president muhammadu buhari has given marching orders to his ministry for the completion of ajaokuta steel company. Nigerian parliament approves funds to revive ajaokuta steel. Ajaokuta steel company limited ascl popularly known as ajaokuta steel mill is a steel mill in nigeria, located in ajaokuta, kogi state, nigeria. Ajaokuta steel plant is therefore aptly tagged as the bedrock of nigerias industrialization. Cautious optmism by stakeholders as ajaokuta steel company. Jan 17, 2017 nigerias plan to build a railway to supply iron ore to its idle ajaokuta steel plant could be the biggest sign yet that president muhammadu buhari is implementing his policy to diversify away.
The project took over the responsibility of constructing, erecting and operating the ajaokuta steel plant. According to him, the strength of a steel company is the workforce. A case study of the light section mill of ajaokuta steel company limited article pdf available january 2017 with 989 reads. The town is the home of the multibilliondollar ajaokuta steel mill, the largest steel mill in nigeria. Ajaokuta steel company news latest breaking stories and top. History shows that no country has ever become rich by exporting raw materials without also having an industrial sector, and in modern terms an advanced services sector. Sadly, the dwindling economic fortunes of the country via mal administration have made the government incapable of meeting the financial needs of these companies adequately. Begun by the soviet union in 1979 under a cooperation agreement with nigeria, the complex reached 98% completion by 1994.
The industry serves as stimulus to national development and economic boost to industrial growth of a country. Raw materials preparation unit i ncluding the sintering plant cokeoven and by product plant iron making unit. Visit vconnect for ajaokuta steel company limited in shomolu, lagos. In 1979, ajaokuta steel company limited asclniomco, delta steel company dsc, among others, were established under section 2 of national steel council decree no. Now ajaokuta steel will revert to the federal government fully, while its sister company, niomco would be retained by gshl but with ajaokuta plant gaining priority access to its iron ore. Shagari also completed and inaugurated the delta steel. Ajaokuta strength is also its weakness, ajaokuta can only work with all inputs available. Back to the future as nigeria turns to russia on ajaokuta steel project. Ajaokuta steel complex news latest breaking stories and top.