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🔥 THE AJaOKUTA ERA IS ENDING. NIGERIA'S STEEL FUTURE IS PRIVATE.

A landmark open letter to President Tinubu calls for dissolving Ajaokuta Steel Company and repurposing the 24,000-hectare estate into the "Midlands Ajaokuta Free Trade Zone" — hundreds of private enterprises, not one failed government monopoly. The author states: *"What has failed is not the estate. What has failed is the business model."*

🇳🇬 PRIVATE SECTOR IS ALREADY PROVING THE MODEL

- African Foundries / AIG — 14,000 jobs, $600M Kaduna facility, ministerial praise
- $1.3B PSML — Delta Steel revival (1M tonnes, 18-24 months)
- $1B Rashmi Metaliks (India) — MoU signed
- $2.5B Sinomach-HE — Kogi/Delta iron ore-to-steel
- $450M Stellar Steel — opening November 2026
- Raj Gupta / AIG — 500-hectare solar-steel mega-project
- $100M Tyro Group — Delta Wires complex

⚡ MARKET FORCES ALIGNING

- Baowu (world's largest steel producer, Sinosteel parent) raised HRC prices 200 yuan — Chinese exports tightening, Nigerian domestic production more competitive
- Nigeria won $2.35B Mambilla arbitration — frees government resources, removes legal uncertainty for infrastructure
- $10 billion annual steel demand — 70% imported
- 3 billion tonnes Itakpe ore, some grading 67% Fe
- Nigerian Industrial Policy targets 20%+ manufacturing GDP

🎯 NigerianSteel.com

- Exact-match .COM for the sector every investor, buyer, and policymaker searches
- As Ajaokuta dissolves and the Midlands Free Trade Zone emerges, this is the national steel brand
- Appreciating asset as private enterprise replaces government monopoly

Nigeria's steel future is private, proven, and accelerating. Own the category.

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18th September 2026 19.21 PM GMT

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