BY OBAKA ABEL INABO I am using this medium to make a passionate appeal to President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, GCFR to kindly muster the political will and complete the Ajaokuta Steel Company Limited (ASCL). Before I state the potentials of the steel plant, let me put it on record that the Ajaokuta Steel Plant is not obsolete as erroneously put across to the public by some people who are largely ignorant of steel technology. Let me quote from the recent technical audit conducted by the Ukrainians on the plant: “…the situation of the steel plant’s equipment and facilities are satisfactory. Mechanically, the steel plant equipment and facilities are generally in good condition.” I made reference to the quotation above because we need to inform the good people of Nigeria that the Blast Furnace Technology of Steel Making adopted in ASCL is still the best method through which large volumes of steel are produced in the World today. In year 2011, for instance, the World Steel Statistic
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