President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the appointment of Nasir Naeem Abdulsalam as the Managing Director (MD) of Ajaokuta Steel Company.
Mr. Abdulsalam’s appointment takes effect from April 3, 2025, and is in accordance with the provisions of the Certain Political and Judicial Office Holders (Salaries and Allowances, etc) Act 2008 as amended.
This was contained in a statement signed by the Director, Information & Public Relations in the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Segun Imohiosen on Friday, March 4.
Until his appointment, he served as the Technical Adviser to the Honourable Minister of Steel Development as well as the Special Assistant (Academics) to Director General of National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS) .
President Tinubu tasked the appointee to leverage on his wealth of experience in the steel industry in his new assignment in revolutionising the company.
He also charged him to leverage on his experience to generate important upstream and downstream industrial and economic activities that will position the nation as the industrial hub of Africa in line with the diversification drive of the Renewed Hope Agenda.
