President Bola Tinubu has said that the Ajaokuta Steel Complex in Kogi State will on completion have the capacity to employ 500,000 Nigerians, boost the country’s foreign direct investment and provide avenue for the creation of much-needed favourable business environment for all sectors to thrive.
The president stated this during the flag-off of the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship campaign in Lokoja yesterday.
Represented by the vice president, Mr Kashim Shettima, the president also said the natural endowments of the state would be harnessed for the development of the state and the nation at large.
Tinubu also pledged to complete the Kabba-Lokoja and the Abuja-Lokoja roads.
The president further said plans were afoot to make the Itakpe crop processing project a dream come true, besides promising jobs and affordable education for the people.
He added that the natural endowments of Kogi State would be harnessed for the development of the state and the nation at large.
Shettima said his principal is a man of plenty ideas who is determined to reposition the nation in its rightful place, especially as it borders on restructuring and stimulating the Nigerian economy.
“Given Mr. President’s commitment to the development of Kogi State and indeed the entirety of Nigeria, Kogi, in particular, being a confluence state, cannot afford to have a governor who is hostile to the centre. We must be partners in progress and work hand in hand to develop this great nation,” the Vice President said.
Re-emphasising that the welfare of the citizenry would never be willfully compromised, Shettima called on Kogi citizens to come out en masse on November 11 to vote for the candidate of the APC, Mr Ahmed Ododo, to consolidate on achievements of the APC government in the state.
