Tinubu Breaks 46-year Jinx as Ajaokuta Steel Finally Comes Alive with $NNPCL 20-year Gas Deal

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has unlocked Ajaokuta Steel Company with a historic 20-year Gas Supply Agreement between Ajaokuta Steel and the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL.

The deal was signed by Prof. Nasir Abdulsalam, MD/CEO of Ajaokuta Steel Company Limited.

For the first time since 1979, the steel plant now has what investors said it needed most: guaranteed, uninterrupted gas for the next 20 years.

—THE DEADLOCK IS OVER—

Built to be the heart of Nigeria’s industrial revolution, Ajaokuta has sat idle for nearly half a century. Billions were spent. Committees came and went. But no gas, no steel.

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That wall just fell.

Industry experts are calling this “the single biggest breakthrough in Nigeria’s industrial history.”

With gas secured, the last major obstacle to production has been removed.

—WHAT THIS MEANS FOR NIGERIA—

Analysts say this is a direct win for Tinubu’s “Renewed Hope Agenda” focused on industrialization and economic diversification.

Here’s what’s coming:

1. THOUSANDS OF JOBS- Direct and indirect employment for Nigerians across construction, mining, logistics and manufacturing
2. END TO STEEL IMPORTS – Nigeria spends billions yearly importing steel. Ajaokuta will slash that bill and save foreign exchange
3. BOOST TO MANUFACTURING – From cars to construction to rail, local industries will now have cheaper, made-in-Nigeria steel
4. INVESTOR CONFIDENCE – With gas guaranteed, local and foreign investors are expected to flood in to complete the plant

“Investor confidence will skyrocket,” one analyst said. “This is the signal everyone has been waiting for.”

—A NATION THAT REFUSED TO GIVE UP—

For 46 years, Nigerians watched the “sleeping giant of Africa” rust away.

Today that giant is stirring.

“This agreement means Ajaokuta is finally on the threshold of production,” a senior industry source said. “It may soon begin fulfilling the role it was built for — to power Nigeria’s economic transformation.”

For millions of Nigerians who grew up hearing about Ajaokuta but never saw it work, this is more than a gas deal.
It’s hope. It’s jobs. It’s independence.

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