Can't believe I'm shedding tears watching this, I read about this steel company when I was in primary school, my father said that he wanted me to understand why Nigeria will never work, I didn't understand it fully as a child, I was even excited telling him that it will provide lots of jobs to the Nigerian people... He was even dead before I started coming to terms with his lessons.. This video was like a travel back in time for.
Just seeing this but I'm already in love with the channel. So rich and full of accurate information. This is a video with great awareness. I weep for my country 😢😢😢😢
This are the kind of documentaries that should be flooding our social media space so that alot of Nigerians will be aware of the unimaginable corruption going on in their country but no they are more concerned with Bob risky,davido,big brother and wizkid News,i weep for Nigeria because with all this corruption going on this country might never survive 😢
I'm from South Africa and I was suggested this video your story telling, editing and quality of your videos is extremely impressive and I am sold and definitely subscribing
Thanks bro everything u said is tru I know the company my father worked in d steel company though am from Edo state, i was born at Ajaokuta & i attended d Ajaokuta Steel Company (ASCO) Staff primary school b4 moving out of Koggi state since 2007. d company started falling gradually even b4 I was born exactly as u said it & to me it’s one of d Bigest company ever built in Nigeria. Ajaokuta steel company is a gud example to show dat nothing built or involved by Nigeria govt will ever survive 💔 💔💔
Jude Bela and David Hundeyin, I trust these two more than any news station in this country. Well done young man, every new video better than the last. Love from Makurdi!
Don't be marvelled. The myth about Nigeria surviving the pillaging of her commonwealth by successive administrations is obvious. We are neck-deep in debt liabilities running into several billions of dollars. Do you call that survival for a nation that expends over 80% of her revenues in loan servicing? Our profligate past has caught up with us and is now pulling us into abyss.
@ugowilliams8437 This is serious. Honestly all the best. This situation is not tenable. What can be done my brother to resolve this? Get rid of the elderly politicians maybe?
Even the former British Prime minister once said he doesn’t know how Nigeria still exists as a country! Owing to the fact that billions of dollars stolen from past Nigerian government officials had found its way into London; of which 99% of those stolen money has been used to invest and buy properties all over the U.K.
Finally, someone is telling this story, I was born there and spent my first years there as my parents worked there. My dad tears up when he tells the story and the frustrated potential. Really sad stuff. Big up yourself JB
@@CodemanlexYou must be talking about your family. He is just trying to tell you some secrets you need to know about Nigerians cabal in the government, it's not always about the money.
I was born there and you wouldnt believe how beutiful that place used to be . I am talking of the housing estate built by the russians . In 1991 -92 that place had toilets that had buttons that flushed it. God will purnish our elite class, Thunder will fire all those too stupid to see through their evil and bigotry . Bostwana doesnt generate as much funds as Lagos , just take a look at how they value human life .
This is investigative journalism at its peak. Well done boss We can still see this going on in our country. Look at the elephant project that was spun up with no due process. The politicians are in it for themselves
@@realjudebelaMy brother do you know the sad thing? The equally corrupt state will find a way of promoting him as a "hero" and "elder stateman". You will see a completely whitewashed documentary about how he was so good as a leader etc. and eradicated corruption. He would join the list of hero past that in truth were national failures. Fiction is the new reality and life goes on. 😊
I know that my wish needs huge funding, but I really hope that you expand your documentaries to include the whole of Africa, the continent lacks people like you... Thank you🙏🏽
The steel plant was a visionary idea by Nigerian leaders until someone saw an opportunity to loot. This plant will never work. The technology is outdated and there is no natural access to iron ore. Politicians will keep this plant alive just to keep looting. Very sad..
Habbbaaa!!!??? It has not work for almost 50yrs, hw can it work for them? Let's them just say they are looking for their own excuse to steal. Thank you for always Educating us.
Thank you for the enlightening documentaries. I often hesitate to click on your videos because I want to preserve my sanity. Watching your declassified videos always leaves me feeling depressed, and sometimes I am even tempted to ask God why He created me as a Nigerian. Why are we, as a people, so deliberately wicked
I read Geology in a Nigerian university and visited the NIOMCO in one of our field trips. The sad and clumsy story that defines a project like Ajaokuta steel company not peoducing even a sheet of steel perpetually leaves me in depression and hopelessness. If it takes a Dangote to get us an oil refinery, then i believe it will take a Damgote or someone like him to get us steel refinery as well. This documentary is indeed underrated. JB, you're a genius!
I Live At The Delta Steel Company's complex (D.S.C) More Bigger than this Man, Communities Around it was booming, Electricity 24/7, Health and Education Top notch , but Same Sad story. today the Nigerian Government Had paralyzed it...the life we enjoyed as kids All gone away memory destroyed..... Nigeria needs help, don't know from where now cause it seems to me we are abandoned.
Thanks for this eye opening content boss! Is so sad that Nigeria May not be great again, Cuz Corruption has eaten so deep that the only way to stop it is to start Nigeria Afresh, Which is impossible. Make we just the patch up the go shaa T- Pain has Collected The baton.
I love your videos. Keep bringing it. Will these corrupt leaders ever face justice? Nigeria needs a deep clean-up of corruption in its system, which is damaging the country worldwide.
I weep for my nation. Growing up in AJ was a testament to the fact that there was a country. Seeing ASCL suffer neglect from the '80s through the '90s and 2000s until the sleeping giant was killed and industrialization was buried on the altar of avarice and corruption. In 2019, it was time for us to take a bow and say goodbye.
Let's not forget that international politics, dominated by world powers and Bretton Wood Institutions through the instrumentality of MNCs, also played a role in the failure of Ajaokuta Steel Company Limited in the Cold War/post-Cold War era.
Nice documentary as always Jude. One thing I wish you explored is the urban legend that the government was actually advised to set up the plant in the South East but decided to not build such a beneficial project there as punishment for the civil war.
Thanks for the expose Jude. Your stories bring crucial knowledge about our country packaged in high quality digestible contents. Sadly it makes me feel Nigeria is hopeless and helpless. Everyone just remember Jude is not depressed nor suicidal.
Fela Kuti's words ring true throughout the ages!! Authority Stealing!!! "Armed robber him need gun Authority man him need pen Authority man in charge of money Him no need gun, him need pen Pen got power gun no get If gun steal eighty thousand naira Pen go steal two billion naira You no go hear them shout (Thief, thief thief!) You no go hear them shout at all (Rogue, rogue, rogue!) You no go hear them say (Robber, robber!) You no go hear them say response at all (Thief, thief thief!) You no go hear them shout (Rogue, rogue, rogue!)" - Fela! Great work Jude!!! Thanks for educating this white boy in America! If only we could get your work on CNN/MSNBC/FOX. This is what the Sheeple need to be knowing!!
There are well connected individuals in Nigeria who are getting paid to help hold down development in the country. The experience of Dangote refinery validate this. It's the same situation in the power sector. Can't wait for the day dollar will crash because without that, those folks would continue in the same path. I've been reading about the Ajaokuta steel plant getting off the ground since like the early 80s. Imagine where the country would have been with such plant functioning since then. But the power that be wouldn't let it work. Steel means development. It's essential. The fact that it was built by a Soviet entity tell you something.
Brilliant and unmatched presentation. I am inclined to say that President Shagari meant well for the steel company, given the level of work done before the subsequent military (corrupt) regimes on to present day. It's Shameworthy on the part of state looters. All they can think of is their stupid pockets filled with money. Yet they are revered as their excellencies and statesmen.
A dossier f any of the Snr officials involved should be compiled and released the funds syphoned need to be accounted for and recouped. This is just too bad...
Men, you are really deep in your research. I keep wondering how you get this details to the numbers. This country most have a 9 life to have survived to this day. But will corruption ever end to alow this country grow ?
Late President Ummaru Musa Yar'adua, the only person that could have literally brought Nigeria out of the mess we've been in for years sadly they had to finish him off quickly because of that.
...this can only be described as tragic. Where would we be now if we had shown a bit of sense and stuck to the original schedule in 1979? Instead we have a litany of self-centred and myopic deals from callous people in charge. To make matters worse, even with all this readily available history, the people in charge right now in 2024 are arguably worse. Essentially, we do not give a damn about Nigeria. When you think of how our esteemed Naira has been mercilessly battered by these deals, USD1.00 = NGN0.60 (1979) depreciating to NGN1680.00 (2024) begins to make perfect sense. Imagine the impact those funds would have had if they had remained in the country. Our road far well well. I have subscribed, BTW. Great work.
You are doing a great job in investigative journalism. The stories of unaccountability don't seem to finish 😢. Thanks!
Thank you so much for your support 🙏
Can't believe I'm shedding tears watching this, I read about this steel company when I was in primary school, my father said that he wanted me to understand why Nigeria will never work, I didn't understand it fully as a child, I was even excited telling him that it will provide lots of jobs to the Nigerian people...
He was even dead before I started coming to terms with his lessons..
This video was like a travel back in time for.
🥲
Your father was right.
Unfortunately, the current entity called Nigeria will never work.
Anyone who still thinks otherwise is in denial.
@@norawilliams9952 Absolutely
I grew up here and my father worked with TPE. It is sad to see that successive Nigeria leaders keep fleecing this country
@@Gr8mynd we're stuck in this cycle of mess. It is sad
Nigeria's Best RUclipsr 🎉🎉
You're good JB 👍
Thank you! 😃
Just seeing this but I'm already in love with the channel. So rich and full of accurate information. This is a video with great awareness. I weep for my country 😢😢😢😢
This are the kind of documentaries that should be flooding our social media space so that alot of Nigerians will be aware of the unimaginable corruption going on in their country but no they are more concerned with Bob risky,davido,big brother and wizkid News,i weep for Nigeria because with all this corruption going on this country might never survive 😢
Does anyone actually watch big brother?
That's why Adamslink called Nigeria an adjust and cruise nation
You know human beings. They love vain things for the most part. Not surprising.
Thank You For Your Reporting. Keep Exposing These Aggregious Acts Against The People.
Thank you 🙏, will do.
I'm from South Africa and I was suggested this video your story telling, editing and quality of your videos is extremely impressive and I am sold and definitely subscribing
Thank you 🙏
Your videos simply reinforces the notion that corruption is now a deity in Nigeria. Non-worshippers cannot become politicians!
Mr. Jude! Your journalism is unmatched! You have. You have my utmost regards man. So captivating and deeply revealing. so heartbreaking 💔
Thank you 🙏
I was at Itapke last year for my Geology project, all I can say is that Nigeria isn’t ready for any progress!
Nice work Jude!❤
Thanks bro everything u said is tru I know the company my father worked in d steel company though am from Edo state, i was born at Ajaokuta & i attended d Ajaokuta Steel Company (ASCO) Staff primary school b4 moving out of Koggi state since 2007. d company started falling gradually even b4 I was born exactly as u said it & to me it’s one of d Bigest company ever built in Nigeria. Ajaokuta steel company is a gud example to show dat nothing built or involved by Nigeria govt will ever survive 💔 💔💔
Jude Bela and David Hundeyin, I trust these two more than any news station in this country. Well done young man, every new video better than the last. Love from Makurdi!
how this country have survived all this billion dollars corruptions all this years i hear in your videos every time marvels me.
The country is at the brink of collapse ..the corruption is continuous
Don't be marvelled. The myth about Nigeria surviving the pillaging of her commonwealth by successive administrations is obvious. We are neck-deep in debt liabilities running into several billions of dollars. Do you call that survival for a nation that expends over 80% of her revenues in loan servicing? Our profligate past has caught up with us and is now pulling us into abyss.
@ugowilliams8437 This is serious. Honestly all the best. This situation is not tenable. What can be done my brother to resolve this? Get rid of the elderly politicians maybe?
I swear, It's just astounding that there is still a country called Nigeria.
Even the former British Prime minister once said he doesn’t know how Nigeria still exists as a country! Owing to the fact that billions of dollars stolen from past Nigerian government officials had found its way into London; of which 99% of those stolen money has been used to invest and buy properties all over the U.K.
Great presentation.
What a sicking mess!!!
Thank you 🙏.
Finally, someone is telling this story, I was born there and spent my first years there as my parents worked there. My dad tears up when he tells the story and the frustrated potential. Really sad stuff. Big up yourself JB
2 videos in 2 days??!!!! We eating good un this t pain era😂
😅😅😅
That just tells you how hard things are.
Bro needs the ads money
@@CodemanlexYou must be talking about your family. He is just trying to tell you some secrets you need to know about Nigerians cabal in the government, it's not always about the money.
@@williamsmith61999 why are you crying?
Lmao, got you in your feels?
💀
Bro this dude this brutally honest.
I stay in Ajaokuta, Kogi state
And this story is just painful, every time they bring stories about the Ajaokuta steel company 😢
🥲🥲🥲
@@realjudebela Nice story boss thanks for sharing
The Ajaokuta accommodation built then for accommodation are already outdated for now 😔
I was born there and you wouldnt believe how beutiful that place used to be . I am talking of the housing estate built by the russians . In 1991 -92 that place had toilets that had buttons that flushed it.
God will purnish our elite class, Thunder will fire all those too stupid to see through their evil and bigotry .
Bostwana doesnt generate as much funds as Lagos , just take a look at how they value human life .
You are doing a very good job bro. May Nigeria never happen to anyone of us.
Thank you 🙏
It's already happening, and to the whole of Africa
As a matter of fact, is already happening and we sleeping
Its happened to Zimbabwe 😢
This is a lifetime content for reference and documentation. I give it to you bro. You dey try 👏👍
I appreciate that
My respect for your journalism capacity just increased!!! Maximum respect📌
Hmm ... Nigeria, my country!
Nice presentation, as always.
Thank you 🙏
Omoh!!! I just dey hear billions, billions. Nigeria is far gone. This is really painful.
Hmmm
Billions of dollars!!!
It’s because of racism
If these had worked it would had been very prosperous for Nigeria
Yes, it would have.
And they would have stolen all the profits as usual.
This is investigative journalism at its peak. Well done boss
We can still see this going on in our country. Look at the elephant project that was spun up with no due process. The politicians are in it for themselves
Thank you, Jude for documenting truths, and telling them succinctly.
Great Video, Plenty of research put into this, weldone Jude.
Thank you 🙏
Our country don sick 😢thank you JB❤
W t f is wrong with this country? Dont they want the country to progress? These leaders are the worst set of people man
Once the leaders play the tribe card, the headless mob will immediately be on their knees.
A neverending cycle.
Politicians don't want their country to progress they want their family to progress
If u notice its all tribes and religions without exception of a single president. We are hostages in our own nation, and our leader are just puppets
Nigerian is owned by Britain and America. They own your land when will you learn.
@@elski5067 absolutely
Buhari will always pop up in every bad move in nigeria 😂😂😂
I'm just tired of the guy 😅. I pick any story to research, and he's there.
And Nigerians elected him again with this history. I blame Nigerians...not Buhari.
😂😂😂😂
From the days of Ironsi to date, MB has been in the scene actively.
@@realjudebelaMy brother do you know the sad thing?
The equally corrupt state will find a way of promoting him as a "hero" and "elder stateman". You will see a completely whitewashed documentary about how he was so good as a leader etc. and eradicated corruption. He would join the list of hero past that in truth were national failures.
Fiction is the new reality and life goes on. 😊
I know that my wish needs huge funding, but I really hope that you expand your documentaries to include the whole of Africa, the continent lacks people like you... Thank you🙏🏽
Thank you so much. I will work on doing that.
Jude Bela, you are bringing to light information about Ajeokuta Steel project and Abacha's loots. God bless you.
This Jude guy is good. He deeply does his homework and meticulously, yet seamlessly drops his narration video. Keep it up Jude 👍🏾.
Thanks, will do!
Nigeria we hail thee.
The steel plant was a visionary idea by Nigerian leaders until someone saw an opportunity to loot. This plant will never work. The technology is outdated and there is no natural access to iron ore. Politicians will keep this plant alive just to keep looting. Very sad..
🥲
Growing up in Ajaokuta and experiencing this first hand made me shed tears 😢... It was meant to make Nigeria a force to be reckoned with.
I am from the diaspora... and so very frustrated, disillusioned, and sickened watching what
"we" do to ourselves.
Amazing stuff as always.
Also I love how you pronounce Najeiriah.
😅
Thank you 🙏
Habbbaaa!!!??? It has not work for almost 50yrs, hw can it work for them?
Let's them just say they are looking for their own excuse to steal.
Thank you for always Educating us.
🙏
Thank you for the enlightening documentaries. I often hesitate to click on your videos because I want to preserve my sanity. Watching your declassified videos always leaves me feeling depressed, and sometimes I am even tempted to ask God why He created me as a Nigerian. Why are we, as a people, so deliberately wicked
Extremely thorough and commendable research!
"The question is will it work this time?"
Jude, I guess your answer is as good as mine.
What a country, I weep for the ordinary Nigerians.
Nigeria will get better someday.
@@realjudebela 🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬🦅
Thanks for the work you do.
Thank you so much for your support 🙏
I would like you to drop something like this about the Delta Steel company : DSC. while it has been shut down since over 12 years
The Delta Steel Company story is tied this...
Bro, from US here, i have watched almost all of your videos. Keep it up.
Goosebumps from this information 💔. Thanks for sharing
Amazing work you’re doing brother ! I would definitely support in the coming weeks !
First class investigative journalism!
Keep it up bro....
Big up from Obodo London....😊
Thanks, I love what you're doing. Still crying for nigeria 🇳🇬
I read Geology in a Nigerian university and visited the NIOMCO in one of our field trips. The sad and clumsy story that defines a project like Ajaokuta steel company not peoducing even a sheet of steel perpetually leaves me in depression and hopelessness. If it takes a Dangote to get us an oil refinery, then i believe it will take a Damgote or someone like him to get us steel refinery as well. This documentary is indeed underrated. JB, you're a genius!
I Live At The Delta Steel Company's complex (D.S.C) More Bigger than this Man, Communities Around it was booming, Electricity 24/7, Health and Education Top notch , but Same Sad story. today the Nigerian Government Had paralyzed it...the life we enjoyed as kids All gone away memory destroyed.....
Nigeria needs help, don't know from where now cause it seems to me we are abandoned.
Please can you do the same story on Delta Steel Company (D.S.C), Aladja. Delta State.
@@jeromeekoh7413 yh I think he should we need to know what really happened
STEEL... led straight to STEAL...
Thanks!
Thank you so much for your support 🙏
Thanks
Thank you for your support 🙏
Thanks for this eye opening content boss! Is so sad that Nigeria May not be great again, Cuz Corruption has eaten so deep that the only way to stop it is to start Nigeria Afresh, Which is impossible. Make we just the patch up the go shaa T- Pain has Collected The baton.
Now Nigeria is blocking Dangote from building a refinery
I love your videos. Keep bringing it.
Will these corrupt leaders ever face justice?
Nigeria needs a deep clean-up of corruption in its system, which is damaging the country worldwide.
Have to download and listen again, this docu should be rated NSFW. Hard keeping a straight face listening to this while at work.
And the same Bagudu is currently the Minister of Budget and Economic Planning under president T pain. Nigeria is finished 😢
May God bless you, JB. May you live long, safe.
They should listen to Professor PLO. Where are your Engineers? 😢 😮
I weep for my nation. Growing up in AJ was a testament to the fact that there was a country. Seeing ASCL suffer neglect from the '80s through the '90s and 2000s until the sleeping giant was killed and industrialization was buried on the altar of avarice and corruption. In 2019, it was time for us to take a bow and say goodbye.
Let's not forget that international politics, dominated by world powers and Bretton Wood Institutions through the instrumentality of MNCs, also played a role in the failure of Ajaokuta Steel Company Limited in the Cold War/post-Cold War era.
This guy is very detailed and unique in his reporting and documentation
Thanks Jude, great work 👍🏾
Thank you Jude for doing a great job as always.
Thank you for the video can you make a video about what happened to ascon aluminum company in ikot abasi .. akwa ibom state .
The corruption in Nigeria is like something one can smell. Impunity is our major challenge. Thanks for the exposé, Jude.
This is just too painful.
Baba Jude at it again.... God bless you bro for all you do...
Incredible investigative reporting!
Great work, Jude.
Nice documentary as always Jude. One thing I wish you explored is the urban legend that the government was actually advised to set up the plant in the South East but decided to not build such a beneficial project there as punishment for the civil war.
I grew up in Ajaokuta,I schooled in one the primary school and secondary school , all what this guy is saying is pure truth… 😢
@Jude Bela•
Please, if possible, could you make more vids about infamous and obscure white elephant projects in Nigeria?
Thanks for the expose Jude. Your stories bring crucial knowledge about our country packaged in high quality digestible contents.
Sadly it makes me feel Nigeria is hopeless and helpless.
Everyone just remember Jude is not depressed nor suicidal.
🙏
Another day, another gem from JUDEBELA Documentaries. I tip my hat once again.
Fela Kuti's words ring true throughout the ages!! Authority Stealing!!!
"Armed robber him need gun
Authority man him need pen
Authority man in charge of money
Him no need gun, him need pen
Pen got power gun no get
If gun steal eighty thousand naira
Pen go steal two billion naira
You no go hear them shout (Thief, thief thief!)
You no go hear them shout at all (Rogue, rogue, rogue!)
You no go hear them say (Robber, robber!)
You no go hear them say response at all (Thief, thief thief!)
You no go hear them shout (Rogue, rogue, rogue!)" - Fela!
Great work Jude!!! Thanks for educating this white boy in America! If only we could get your work on CNN/MSNBC/FOX. This is what the Sheeple need to be knowing!!
853 MIL FOR "CONSULTANCY" WORK- BUHARI THE THEIF THROUGHOUT THE DECADES! >:(((( If only Fela had still been around to fight Round 2 in the 2010s
Great expose!!!!
At 18:50 the website date is October 21 2024. But we’ve haven’t gotten to that date yet
I came across your channel accidently and had to literally manually retrace back to find this channel again 😢
Great Job! Well done ✅
Thank you! Cheers!
There are well connected individuals in Nigeria who are getting paid to help hold down development in the country. The experience of Dangote refinery validate this. It's the same situation in the power sector. Can't wait for the day dollar will crash because without that, those folks would continue in the same path. I've been reading about the Ajaokuta steel plant getting off the ground since like the early 80s. Imagine where the country would have been with such plant functioning since then. But the power that be wouldn't let it work. Steel means development. It's essential. The fact that it was built by a Soviet entity tell you something.
Well done, Jude!
Been looking for a Nigerian Johny Harris 😭
Thank you
😃
Brilliant and unmatched presentation. I am inclined to say that President Shagari meant well for the steel company, given the level of work done before the subsequent military (corrupt) regimes on to present day. It's Shameworthy on the part of state looters. All they can think of is their stupid pockets filled with money. Yet they are revered as their excellencies and statesmen.
A dossier f any of the Snr officials involved should be compiled and released the funds syphoned need to be accounted for and recouped. This is just too bad...
This is madness
You are a great story teller
Great documentary... the world should get to know you Jude! welldone
Thank you 🙏
Nigeria has suffered a lot. May God have mercy on Nigeria.
Indeed, Nigeria is a crime scene 💔
Well done
There was a country 😢
Men, you are really deep in your research. I keep wondering how you get this details to the numbers.
This country most have a 9 life to have survived to this day. But will corruption ever end to alow this country grow ?
They are still stealing the steel.
Well said
Great job Jude 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 Nigeria is fucked up
Very Disastrous management by the government
Late President Ummaru Musa Yar'adua, the only person that could have literally brought Nigeria out of the mess we've been in for years sadly they had to finish him off quickly because of that.
...this can only be described as tragic. Where would we be now if we had shown a bit of sense and stuck to the original schedule in 1979? Instead we have a litany of self-centred and myopic deals from callous people in charge. To make matters worse, even with all this readily available history, the people in charge right now in 2024 are arguably worse. Essentially, we do not give a damn about Nigeria.
When you think of how our esteemed Naira has been mercilessly battered by these deals, USD1.00 = NGN0.60 (1979) depreciating to NGN1680.00 (2024) begins to make perfect sense. Imagine the impact those funds would have had if they had remained in the country.
Our road far well well. I have subscribed, BTW. Great work.
My heart is broken 💔 😭😭😭
Nigeria ! Nigeria ! 😢😢😢😢😢