…As he commissions projects in Kogi
President Muhammadu Buhari has said that the Federal Government has spent over 400 million dollars to rescue the Ajaokuta Steel Complex from legal liabilities.
Speaking in Okene, Kogi State, during a town hall meeting at the newly renovated palace of the Ohinoyi of Ebiraland, which he also inaugurated as part of his one-day state visit to the State yesterday, said the $400 million spent to rescue the Steel company is money well spent, adding that the project would generate 1.6 billion dollars annually and provide 500,000 estimated jobs for Nigerian youths.
The President, while commissioning legacy projects executed by Kogi state governor, Yahaya Bello, also spoke of the determination of his administration to position Kogi State as an industrial hub as well as a solid mineral power base.
President Muhammadu Buhari explained how the Federal Government achieved the resolution of all legal entanglements that had bogged down the progress of the Ajaokuta Steel Complex. According to him, the project stands to benefit the people of the state immensely.
The president commended the governor for rising to the occasion in many sectors, especially security. We are proud of him and I encourage the people of Kogi State to continue to support him and his team as they are working hard to ensure peace, security and development in the State, he stated.
Earlier in his welcome address, Gov. Yahaya Bello thanked the President for showing leadership, and for the various programmes and interventions, which had positively impacted the State and its people.
Projects inaugurated by the president included the Reference Hospital Okene, which boasts of the first-ever hyperbaric treatment chamber in Nigeria and the fleet of ambulances attached to it, as well as the new Ohinoyis Palace at Okene.
Others were the Ganaja Junction Flyover and interchange at Lokoja; the GYB Model Science Secondary School, Adankolo, Lokoja; the Muhammadu Buhari Square (Civic Centre) at Lokoja; and a fleet of hightech security vehicles to combat crimes and criminalities.
