Chairman of the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON) Kogi state chapter Aloysius Okino has appealed to President Goodluck Jonathan to sustain the current rehabilitation effort of the Ajaokuta Steel in the state.
A statement issued by the Special Adviser on Media and Strategy to the ALGON Chairman Ibrahim Obansa, the group expressed confidence in the present efforts of government to complete the steel plant and put it to commercial use.
Okino who is also the chairman of Ajaokuta local government in Kogi state said the various partnership agreements already approved by the federal government was a welcome development, urging the technical partners to bring in their expertise in the operation of the company.
Okino said Nigeria is losing greatly huge revenue from the non operation of the plant in terms of employment generation, foreign earnings and acquisition of technical expertise.
