FG Finally Completes 22MW Ajaokuta Power Plant


Towards the rehabilitation of the Ajaokuta Steel Complex, the
Federal Government has completed the first phase of the ACSL thermal
power plant.

The immediate past Director of Mines at the Ministry of Mines and
Steel Development, Mr. Dauda Awojobi, who disclosed this at a training
session for journalists in Lokoja, Kogi State on Wednesday, said
following the rehabilitation of the plant, it had now added 22MW to the
national grid.

He also disclosed that the government had created 119,532 direct
employments from mid-tier operators and established 63 private minerals
buying centres across the country.

Recalled that FG retrieved the steel complex from the concessionaire after a legal tussle.

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