The Minister of State for Steel Development, Maigari Ahmadu has disclosed plans by the Ministry to combat the problem of food insecurity by building greenhouse farms using scrap metals from abandoned vessels across Nigeria’s waterways.
The Minister disclosed this during an interview with newsmen while commenting on the recent national address by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
He further stated that the plan will help combat insecurity in the country like banditry in the Northwest and other forms of insecurity in the Southeast.
Also, Ahmadu stated that contrary to public opinion, the Ajaokuta steel company is not moribund, but operates at a little capacity and in the next six months, there will be significant output from the company.
He also explained that the Ministry hopes to train 100,000 Nigerians on varies aspects of steel development, metallurgy at the Metallurgical Training Institute in Onitsha, Anambra state.
