Apparently determined to ensure that Ajaokuta Steel Company returns to productive activities, the management has taken delivery of five containers of boiler tubes and 37 crates of spare parts for the thermal power plant of the company abandoned at the Lagos Sea Port since 2006.
The company’s Sole Administrator, Mr. Isah Joseph Onobere, told journalists yesterday in Lokoja, the Kogi State capital, the management would ensure that the objective of making Ajaokuta a productive firm is achieved.
Onobere said the N62 million spare imported for the maintenance of the boilers of the thermal power plant in 2006, but was abandoned with other items at the Lagos Sea Ports.
The sole administrator said that when he resumed office in November 2012, the issue was brought to his attention and he immediately requested for the consent of the Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Alhaji Muhammad Musa Sada, who graciously approved his proposal to have the spare parts moved to Ajaokuta.
He said: Armed with this approval, I directed the Commerce Department to locate the items and ensure they are salvaged and brought to Ajaokuta for our use.
I am therefore happy to say that with the arrival of these critical spare parts, we have moved the dream of an operational Ajaokuta Steel Plant one more step forward. I want to assure you all that we will continue to put Ajaokuta Steel Plant first in whatever we do.”
