Towards the rehabilitation of the Ajaokuta Steel Complex, the Federal Government has completed the first phase of the ACSL thermal power plant.

    Immediate past Director of Mines at the Ministry of Mines and Steel Development, Dauda Awojobi, who disclosed this at a training session for journalists in Lokoja, said following the rehabilitation of the plant, it had now added 22 Megawatts to the national grid.
   He also disclosed that the government had created over 100 thousand direct employments from mid-tier operators and established 63 private minerals buying centres across the country.
   Several measures to ensure security of lives and property through the controlled use of explosives by companies operating in mines and construction sectors have also been taken.
   It will be recalled that the Federal Government retrieved the steel complex from the concessionaire after a legal tussle.