Hobbled by corruption, Ajaokuta steel mill’s future uncertain

Corruption still huge drawback in Nigeria despite reforms

Corruption Takes All

Nigeria’s Ajaokuta Steel Mill built by the Soviets and described by the late novelist, Chinua Achebe, as the "poster child of corruption and white elephant projects in Africa," has not produced steel, iron or metals since its inception in 1979. Designed to be the biggest industrial project in s

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