History of nigeria its commonly believed that history presents the glorious past of a country which is replete with unprecedented events and incidents that give the nation its own political identity. Steel making experience in the use of nigerian iron ore at the delta. Pryde in which was contained a small chapter dedicated to the negro general of japan. Upjohn institute press, coauthored with peter fisher, was published in november 2002.
The kogi state government has urged the national conference to prevail on the federal government to complete the ajaokuta steel complex, which it described as the worst case of an abandoned. He also works on virtual reality simulations of land use decision making. Kogi state is the most centrally located of all the states of the federation. Certificate examination wassce history paper 1, west. History textbook west african senior school certificate. Globalization and the underdevelopment of ajaokuta iron and steel industry in kogi state, nigeria 197920. Nationhood and politicization of history in school textbooks. The story of abeokuta, the abode of the egbas and owus, started with their liberation from the sovereignty of the alafin of oyo empire, to which the egbas had belonged. History of abeokuta abeokuta was founded in 1830 after the intertribal wars ravaged refugees in egba forest from their original homes between 1817 and 1830. Download fulltext pdf ethnomedical survey of adavi and ajaokuta local government areas of ebiraland, kogi state, nigeria article pdf available january 2014 with 10,784 reads. But the foundation laying of the project was done by president shehu shagari. It lies at the confluence of the niger and benue rivers and is the capital of nigerias kogi state although the area has been inhabited for thousands of years, the present settlement at lokoja was established in 1857 by the british explorer william baikie at the site of an earlier model farm. Loacted in north central nigeria, kogi state occupies 29,833 square kilometres. According to peter iyeh, a retired staff of ajaokuta steel company, the operator of a bulldozer trying to uproot the tree was attacked and.
Thus, the ajaokuta iron and steel complex that was built by the federal. According to the account of his grandson in an authorized biographical book. Well there are a few different ones that you can view which provide a birds eye view of the terrain on the road map from lokoja to ajaokuta of course travel time also has to be taken into consideration. Doc the economic development of nigeria from 1914 to. Nigeria has an important economic influence on the entire region, including the franc zone where it has increasingly been making investments particularly in the banking sector. The project was undertaken by the soviet union under a cooperation agreement with nigeria. Ownership crisis ends, nigeria retakes ajaokuta steel. The headquarters of the lga are in the town of egayin in the south of the area at. Analysis the realisation by the government that steel is the bedrock of industrialisation made the country to restructure its priorities in the 60s. The stock exchange in lagos is the only largescale financial trading centre in the region. Ajaokuta to abuja and ajaokuta to the port of warri, together 500 kilometers 310 mi and from port harcourt to makurdi over a distance of 463 kilometers. Brief history of lokoja lokoja is a city in nigeria.
Dispute over the ownership of the ajaokuta steel complex and niomco had made it impossible for government to make any long. A companion to the history of the book, 2nd edition. Globalization and the underdevelopment of ajaokuta iron. Pdf on jan 10, 2014, sunday atawodi and others published ethnomedical survey of adavi and ajaokuta local government areas of ebiraland, kogi state. Brief history of kogi state kogi state was carved out of kwara and benue states on august 27, 1991 by the then regime of general ibrahim babangida. See ajaokuta photos and images from satellite below, explore the aerial photographs of ajaokuta in nigeria. Ajaokuta village, where it is sited is an integrated steel massive cluster of industries will require heavy presence plant located in kogi state on the west bank of river niger, of foundries to service the industries for maintenance some 546km north of the atlantic ocean and 200km from spare and completely knocked down parts of plants and. This is because queen amina was a 14th c figure and history has it that the igala people were already settled in this area and were relating socio. Ajaokuta, conceived way back in the 60s as the industrial hope and the bedrock of the technological take off of the giant of africa, came to a sorry pass after so. Ajaokuta airport dn51 you can now add favourite airports.
The view that princess amina of zaria led the very first migration into igalaland in the 12th century does not hold water. Foreign consultants advised that it was better to import steel than to construct and run a steel plant. In 2010, the world statistical year book put the total crude steel rates produced globally at 1. The incorporation of a yoruba kingdom, 1890s1970s african studies peel, j. By the 1800s european explorers and traders became increasingly involved in the affair of the niger region, particularly as it affected economic activities. One of the most prominent characters in japanese history was a negro warrior called sakanouye tamura maro. Consequently, the government has been their source of funds. Globalization and the underdevelopment of ajaokuta iron and steel. Ajaokuta steel the road to industrialization politics. Army in world war ii series the armys official history of world war ii commonly referred to as the green books are. Very similar themes were expressed in 1946 in the orient, the first section in distinguished negroes abroad, a book by beatrice j. Ajaokuta steel news latest breaking stories and top. The liberation took place between 1775 and 1780, under the leadership of lisabi, a resident of igbehin who was born in itoku.
The history of nigeria too represents the remarkable incidents that changed and redefined the. Sadly, the dwindling economic fortunes of the country via mal administration have made the government incapable of meeting the financial needs of. Oluwole adeloye on the evolution of nigerias ajaokuta steel plant. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. Satguru maharaj ji, the founder of one love family, has asked the the. Projected ajaokuta blast furnace slag applications. Natacha akpoti, on saturday, expressed delight with the degree of determination so far exhibited by governor yahaya bello of. Reading this book made me realise that so much has happened in my country of which i and many like me are ignorant of. Ajaokuta airstrip or ajaokuta airfield is an airstrip 22 kilometres 14 mi southwest of ajaokuta, a town in the kogi state in nigeria. This paper argues, from the caboose of history, that the forces of.
Peter fisher is a professor in the graduate program in urban and regional planning at the. There are plans to add more standard gauge lines to these ones. Slag from the blast furnace was to be used in road surfacing, aggregate for concrete, fertilizer for farmers, rock wool raw materials, cement and others. The ajaokuta steel plant design was based on the blast furnace route to iron production with initial capacity of 1. American military history, volume ii army center of military history. Nigeria has recovered ownership of ajaokuta steel company, asc, and national iron ore mining company limited, niomco, itakpe, following the resolution of a protracted legal dispute. Ibaji in kogi state and the crude oil located in the area. The economic development of nigeria from 1914 to 2014. If we assume, as we surely can, that the niger and benue rivers played an even more strategic role in the nigerian past than they do today, then it is clear that the igala area holds the key to an important chapter of nigerian history, a chapter which particularly concerns the problem of interrelations between different groups in nigeria. Nigeria finally retakes ownership of ajaokuta steel.
Political leadership and corruption in nigeria since. Ajaokuta steel company limited ascl popularly known as ajaokuta steel mill is a steel mill in nigeria, located in ajaokuta, kogi state, nigeria. The itobeajaokuta bridge constructed about two decades ago on the river niger has also turned out to be of tremendous benefit as it has enhanced intra and interstate links and commercial transactions. The incorporation of a yoruba kingdom, 1890s1970s african studies. Ajaokuta is a local government area in kogi state, nigeria and a town within it on the left bank. Brief history of kogi state kogi state page 1 of 1. All these benefits from the ajaokuta steel company are all fairy tales now delta steel company. Before 1800, ajaokuta which is on the niger river south of the niger benue confluence area had already evolved elaborate organizational structures based on clans and lineages. The triumph of the codex a companion to the history of the book. The ajaokuta steel mill conspiracy natasha akpoti by daemonvillem. Pdf ethnomedical survey of adavi and ajaokuta local. By federal ministry of mines and steel development. Large crystals of orthoclase, quartz and mica books are scattered all over the place. Ajaokuta is a local government area in kogi state, nigeria and a town within it on the left bank of the niger river.
Evaluation of the foundry properties of river niger sand. Geology and economic evaluation of odobola, ogodo feldspar. The name of the town abeokuta was derived from the protection which the fleeing settlers sought under the olumo rock, now a. Ajaokuta hotels map is available on the target page linked above. As of 2008 ajaokuta, the town, had an estimated population of 16,039. Communities which own the land on which ajaokuta steel company is built say the firm cannot take off unless their angry ancestors are appeased. Facts have emerged as to how the russian federal security service wrongly blacklisted a nigerian communityrights activist, barr.
Authors can archive the final manuscript preprint and or postprint versions, not the published pdf on. Ajaokuta steel company limited ascl popularly known as ajaokuta steel mill is a steel mill. As an integrated steel plant, ajaokuta steel company ltd ascl was designed to produce 1. In 1979, ajaokuta steel company limited asclniomco, delta steel company dsc, among others, were established under section 2 of national steel council decree no. After reading this piece with good conscience, you will weep for our country, nigeria, and if you are from kogi state, you may wail. Limited i have been advised to use pseudo names in publishing this piece, but thats not my nature. This book explores how school history textbooks are used to perpetuate. However, air travelers make use of ajaokuta steel companys airstrip. Ajaokuta company was founded in 1979 by olusegun obasanjo. Built on a 24,000 hectares 59,000 acres site starting in 1979, it is the largest steel mill in nigeria, and the coke oven and byproducts plant are larger than all the refineries in nigeria combined. This textbook is aimed at west african students taking west african senior school. You drive from lokoja, nigeria and trip ends at ajaokuta, nigeria now that you know that the driving distances from lokoja to ajaokuta is 41.
This study contends that democracy and political change is deeply rooted in the mass medias ability to become a major agent of political socialization that was capable of mobilizing local populations into changing longstanding african attitudes about politics and election outcome behaviors. There is a baobab three on the way to ajaokuta village, gate 4, which could not be uprooted when the railway was being constructed. Failure of the ajaokuta steel rolling mill project. Book history conforms to the green model of open access.
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