Stakeholders across the country Thursday met in Abuja ahead of the the proposed national conference on Ajaokuta Steel Project billed to hold next week at the Federal Capital Territory.
The meeting which include members of the National Planning Committee, representative of Ajaokuta Steel Company, unionist and media chief executives was held at the national secretariat of the conference.
The aim of the meeting was to appraise the activities so far in readiness for the national conference involving the public, private and the nonprofit sectors in the country.
The attendance include the co-Chairman of the National Conference Committee, Dr. Lanre Adebayo, who doubles as Chairman of the meeting, Dr. Idris Jimoh, Chairman of the State Level Stakeholders Roundtable on Ajaokuta and Mr. Kenneth Enebe of the Iron and Steel Workers Union.
Others in attendance include Hajia Medina Dauda Nadabo of Voice of America (Nigeria), Mr. Kola Umar of Alok Global Ventures, Mr. Amoto Umar of Ajaokuta Steel Company Limited and Mr. Mohammed Bougei Attah, MBA, Secretary of the National Conference Committee on Ajaokuta Steel Project and President Muhammadu Buhari Industrialization Agenda.
Mr. Wisdom Olisah of the national Secretariat also attended the meeting.
The stakeholders maintained that the efforts so far put in place towards the upcoming event is highly commendation.
Speaking,the chairman commended the members for their commitment and patriotism through selfless investment in the project,adding that, “only prosperity can pay every member of the struggle towards the revival of the Ajaokuta Steel Project”.
