{"id":63824,"date":"2025-04-05T05:07:37","date_gmt":"2025-04-05T05:07:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=63824"},"modified":"2025-04-05T05:07:37","modified_gmt":"2025-04-05T05:07:37","slug":"fresh-push-for-ajaokuta-as-tinubu-appoints-abdulsalam-as-md","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/04\/05\/fresh-push-for-ajaokuta-as-tinubu-appoints-abdulsalam-as-md\/","title":{"rendered":"Fresh Push for Ajaokuta as Tinubu Appoints Abdulsalam as MD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Ifeoluwa Odunayo<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Nasir Naeem Abdulsalam as the new Managing Director of Ajaokuta Steel Company, with effect from April 3, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement was contained in a statement issued by Segun Imohiosen, Director of Information and Public Relations in the office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation.<\/p>\n<p>Abdulsalam, an accomplished technocrat, previously served as Technical Adviser to the Minister of Steel Development and as Special Assistant on Academic Matters at the National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies.<\/p>\n<p>He is now tasked with breathing new life into the long-dormant steel giant, positioning Ajaokuta Steel as a cornerstone of Nigeria\u2019s industrial revival.<\/p>\n<p>The presidency expects Abdulsalam to deploy his vast experience to accelerate the transformation of Ajaokuta Steel into a thriving industrial hub, in line with the Renewed Hope Agenda of President Tinubu\u2019s administration.<\/p>\n<p>Ajaokuta Steel, once the symbol of Nigeria\u2019s industrial ambition, has faced decades of setbacks and unfulfilled potential.<\/p>\n<p>With Abdulsalam at the helm, hopes are high for a new era that will bolster the nation\u2019s drive toward economic diversification and industrial growth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Ifeoluwa Odunayo President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Nasir Naeem Abdulsalam as the new Managing Director of Ajaokuta Steel Company, with effect from April 3, 2025. The announcement was contained in a statement issued by Segun Imohiosen, Director of Information and Public Relations in the office of the Secretary to the Government [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":63825,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-63824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63824","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63824"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63824\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63826,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63824\/revisions\/63826"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63825"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}