In the quiet industrial town of Ajaokuta, on the banks of the River Niger, stands a symbol of promise and betrayal. The Ajaokuta Steel Complex, once envisioned as Nigeria’s bedrock of industrial revolution, remains one of Africa’s most ambitious and symbolically potent, but unrealised projects.
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