THE Nigerian Metallurgical Society (NMS) has said the resuscitation of all the steel industries in the country will lead to the nation’s industrialisation and create thousands of jobs for the youths.
Its President, Prof Suleiman Hassan, said the metallurgical industries can contribute meaningfully to the development of human resources and poverty reduction in the country.
Prof Hassan said Ajaokuta Steel Company Limited if completed is capable of generating no less than 50,000 jobs for the Nigerian teaming youth.
NMS president who is also the Director-General, Nigerian Institute of Mining and Geosciences, Jos, spoke on Thursday in Ilorin at the society’s 2019 conference/annual general meeting (AGM).
The theme of the AGM was “The Role of Metallurgical Industries in Sustainable Development Goals.”
“On completion of the first phase of the Ajaokuta Steel Company Limited will generate about 10,000 job opportunities for our teaming youths; this will progressively increase to about 20,000 workforce at the third phase and it is a known fact that for every job created in the steel plant, 20 other jobs are created upstream and downstream each.
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