The Iron Rod and Steel Distributors Employers of Nigeria (IRSDEUN) is demanding the outcome of the reports on suspected iron rod producers from the Standard Organization of Nigeria and Tax laws from the Federal Inland Revenue Service, as mandated by the House of Representatives Committee on Steel Development.
Industrial Times, learned that in a letter dated 4th August 2024, the National Assembly House Committee on Steel Development had written the SON and FIRS, to furnish the NASS with information on the extent of compliance with extant laws and regulations guiding metallurgical and foundry operations of some steel producing companies in Nigeria, by section 62(1) and (2) of the constitution of the FRN and Order 130 Subsection (2) (I) of the Standing orders of the House of Representatives.
The reports, the statement further stated are expected to be submitted to the National Assembly on or before tomorrow Wednesday, 28th August 2024, according to a letter by the Committee Chairman, Hon Zainab Gimba.
Reacting, the National President of IRSDEUN, Chief Gbenga Awoyale, said: “ We applaud the recent move by NASS to harvest information regarding statutory compliance obligation and production processes of the steel industry.
“We applaud it ; it’s a bold step in the right direction after a long period of calling for a checkmate of the activities of SON, which has become ineffective in sanitizing the industrial production sector and ridding it of substandard products.
He reassured the National Assembly of the Union’s commitment to fully support efforts towards mopping up substandard steel products that have saturated the Nigerian market “because of the greeds of some producers, who are majorly foreigners working in collaboration with some government officials.
The reports are to be submitted to the National Assembly on or before tomorrow, Wednesday, 28th August 2024, according to a letter by the Committee Chairman, Hon Zainab Gimba.
“We call on members of the National Assembly, especially the Steel Development Committee to remain undaunted and uncompromising as they are about to make history. We assure them of our unflinching support in the interest of the safety of Nigerian citizens and their properties,” he added.