A rights activist based in Kogi state, Chief Haruna Ahmed Osike, has appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari not to be distracted by the enemies of the country in his quest to revitalise the Ajaokuta Steel Company.
Osike made the appeal in Okene while speaking on the decision of Global Steel Holdings Limited, an Indian firm, that recently took the federal government to world court over the failed concession of the steel company.
He said “some Nigerians who do not wish the steel industry to function due to their personal interest partnered with the Indian company to delay the effort of President Buhari in reviving the company.
“The saboteurs are just wasting their time because the time has come for any sensitive government to look inward in order to galvanise the nation’s resources.
“President Buhari should not allow detractors who do not meant well for the country to discourage him from actualising his campaign promise for Kogi people and Nigerians, that before his eight years in the saddle of leadership of this country he will complete the Ajaokuta steel company, commissioned it and operationalised it.
“I am optimistic that with the support and commitment of the National Assembly, the Minister of Iron and steel, Mr. Olamilekan Adegbite, and other concerned Nigerians, the Russian engineers will soon come to Nigeria to do the needful and put the steel company back on track,” he said.
While calling on workers of the company to continue doing their best by keeping all the units of the steel company intact, he urged Nigerian youth to support the federal government with prayers to enable it to create more jobs through the steel company and other rolling mills in the country.
