President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the appointment of Nasir Naeem Abdulsalam as the Managing Director, Ajaokuta Steel Company.
The appointment which takes effect from 3rd April, 2025 is per the provisions of the Certain Political and Judicial Office Holders (Salaries and Allowances, etc) Act 2008 as amended.
Until his appointment, Nasir 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) .
He is expected to leverage on his wealth of experience in the steel industry in his new assignment in revolutionizing the company to generate important upstream and downstream industrial and economic activities that will position Nigeria as the industrial hub of Africa.