The House of Representatives has called on the Federal Government to suspend the ongoing concessioning of Ajaokuta Steel Company (ASC) Limited and National Iron Ore Mining Company (NIOMCO) in Itakpe.
The lawmakers said the call was necessary to allow for proper stakeholders’ consultation. This followed the adoption of a motion raised at the resumption of plenary, yesterday, by Abdullahi Halims, entitled ‘Urgent need to suspend the last-minute concession of Ajaokuta Steel Company Limited and the National Iron Ore Mining Company Itakpe at the twilight of the present administration’.
Halims argued that the 11th hour request for the concession of strategic national assets such as ASC and NIOMCO by the Ministry of Mines and Steel Development seems to be self-serving,…
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