NIGERIA UNDER PRESIDENT TINUBU’S ADMINISTRATION WILL WORK AGAIN, VP SHETTIMA ASSURES NIGERIANS IN RUSSIA

NIGERIA UNDER PRESIDENT TINUBU’S ADMINISTRATION WILL WORK AGAIN, VP SHETTIMA ASSURES NIGERIANS IN RUSSIA

Says, resuscitating Ajaokuta Steel Complex, Aluminium Smelter Company President’s priority, target legacies

By: Our Reporter

Vice President, Sen. Kashim Shettima has assured Nigerians especially those living in the Russia that the country under the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will work again.

The Vice President gave the assurance late Friday evening in St Petersburg at a forum with some members of the Nigerian community in Russia.

Sen. Shettima who was addressing concerns raised by members of the community, said “be rest assured that in the next 9 to 12 months there will be a swift change in the fortunes of Nigeria, I’m talking with all sense of certainty and responsibility because I believe in the capacity and commitment of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.”

Speaking on the efforts of the administration to reposition the economy, the VP said “we are here for the Africa-Russia Summit, but we are here fundamentally to pursue the completion of the Ajaokuta Steel Complex and revival of the Aluminium Smelter Company of Nigeria (ALSCON).

“It’s going to be a game changer. Having a vibrant steel industry is a sine qua non for the industrial take off of any nation. I can bet you, I can promise you that the President will bring Ajaokuta to a reality.”

“Be rest assured that if there is one legacy that President Tinubu would bequeath to fellow Nigerians, Ajaokuta is one. I’ll come back to Russia, we are going to drive this process, and my leader, my boss and principal – President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is irrevocably committed to Ajaokuta and to ALSCON.

“We have begun the discussion, and we will see to it that these two companies take off, we have no option than to bring them to reality,” Vice President Shettima emphasized.

Speaking further about the prospects for Nigeria’s transformation, the VP said the Tinubu administration will harness the vast human and material.

NIGERIA UNDER PRESIDENT TINUBU’S ADMINISTRATION WILL WORK AGAIN, VP SHETTIMA ASSURES NIGERIANS IN RUSSIA