This is according
to a statement by Mr Alex Okoh, Head, Public Communications, Bureau of
Public Enterprises (BPE) in Abuja on Thursday.
It said that the
ambassador made the disclosure when he paid a courtesy call on the
Acting Director General of the BPE, Mr Vincent Akpotaire.
It also stated that
Aleksandruk said that the Ukrainian company that built the plant
-Tiajpromexport (TPE) - had presented a proposal to the Federal
Government to that effect.
He said that the
steel company has a lot of potentials which his country wanted to take
advantage of and that already, meetings were on with relevant
stakeholders in Nigeria for the realisation of the planned takeover of
the plant.
Aleksandruk
emphasised that Nigeria has a very good relationship with Ukraine
especially in areas of trade and investments adding that there was a big
Nigerian community in his country.
He, however, added
that Ukraine was ready to "open a new page in its relationship with
Nigeria" and pledged to assist the Bureau in its training needs to
become a foremost privatisation agency in Africa.
The statement said that Akpotaire in his response, said that the Bureau would review the proposal by the Ukrainian government.
He said it would
also review that of Morgan Stanley, the multinational financial services
firm that would provide the one billion dollar investment before taking
any further steps.
He added that the
Federal Government was desirous to get the Ajaokuta Steel Company
Limited and the Nigerian Iron Ore Mill Company (NIOMCO) Itakpe running.
Akpotaire urged the
Ukrainian Government to invest in other sectors of the Nigerian
economy, especially in developing the downstream of the steel sector
that would service several sectors including the automobile sector.
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