The minister of steel development, Prince Shuaibu Abubakar Audu, has called for a special funding mechanism to drive the necessary policies and programmes to revitalise the comatose steel ministry and set the country on the path to industrialisation. Prince Audu said that waiting for the customary budget releases, some of which come several months down the line, was a cog …

An Indian firm, Jindal Steel Group is working on a $10 billion investment in both new and existing steel plants in Nigeria, which will create over 500,000 direct and indirect jobs in the steel industry in Nigeria. According to the Minister of Steel Development, Prince Shuaibu Abubakar Audu, who briefed President Bola Tinubu along with his Defence counterpart, Alhaji Mohammed …