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The National Security Council (NSC) has issued an order for the re-opening of the Obajana cement plant shut down by the Kogi State Assembly last week.
The decision to re-open the plant enmeshed in crisis since last week in Kogi state was taken today, (Friday) at a security meeting held in Abuja the country’s capital.
The council also advised that all that issues in contention be resolved legally adding that the government’s commitment to providing employment was not negotiable.
Recall that the Kogi state House of Assembly last week ordered the closure of the Obajana Cement plant until the issue surrounding ownership of the cement plant was resolved.
The state government had claimed that available documents showed that the plant belonged to it 100 percent, a claim refuted by the Dangote industries which claimed that the Kogi State Government had no stake whatsoever in the plant adding that the Kogi state government was not entitled to any dividend in the company.
While the Kogi state government queried Dangote over the purported transfer of Obajana to Dangote Industries Limited as well as tax evasion, an allegation that Dangote, on the other hand, came out to deny.
In a release signed by the group managing director of Dangote Cement Plc, Michel Puchercos, the firm said the Obajana Cement plant in Kogi state is 100 percent owned by the company.