LAGOS, Nigeria – A ranar Laraba, 8 ga Janairu, 2025, wani abin mamaki ya faru a Cocin Our Saviour da ke Tafawa Balewa Square, Lagos, lokacin da limamin cocin, Venerable Folorunso Oreoluwas Agbelusi, ya yi kira ga dan kasuwa Aliko Dangote da ya daina shirin zuba jari a masana’antar ƙarfe a Najeriya.
Agbelusi ya yi magana a lokacin hidimar godiya don bikin cika shekaru 90 na tsohon jigo, Frank Abiodun Aig-Imoukhuede. Ya nemi Dangote, wanda ke zaune a kan gaba tare da wasu manyan mutane, da ya ci gaba da shirinsa na zuba jari a masana’antar ƙarfe. “Ina rokonka, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, kada ka daina shirin ka na zuba jari a Najeriya. Najeriya tana dogaro da kai. Zuba jarin ka ba na wannan zamani kadai ba ne,” in ji Agbelusi.
Dangote, wanda ya riga ya bayyana cewa ba zai ci gaba da shirin ba saboda matsalolin da ya fuskanta tare da jami’an gwamnati, ya yi murmushi kuma ya yi sallama yayin da limamin ya yi kira. Taron ya kunshi gwamnan Lagos, Babajide Sanwo-Olu; gwamnan Ogun, Dapo Abiodun; shugaban Zenith Bank, Jim Ovia; da tsohon gwamnan Babban Bankin Najeriya, Joseph Sanusi, da sauran manyan mutane.
A watan Agustan 2021, Dangote ya halarci wannan cocin don jana’izar matar Aig-Imoukhuede, Emily. Dangote ya bayyana cewa ya yi nadamar shiga harkar mai saboda matsalolin da ya fuskanta, inda ya ce wasu jami’an gwamnati suna ƙoƙarin hana shi samun nasara.
Masana’antar ƙarfe ta Najeriya, musamman masana’antar Ajaokuta, ta kasance cikin rudani tun shekarun 1980. Najeriya tana sayar da ƙarfe mai darajar dala biliyan 4 a shekara, wanda ke matsa lamba kan kuɗin waje. Ministan Ƙarfe, Shuaibu Audu, ya ce shugaban ƙasa yana son sauya wannan yanayin ta hanyar samar da ƙarfe a cikin ƙasa.
Ba a san ko Dangote zai sauya shawararsa ba bayan kiran limamin, amma abin tabbas shi ne cewa Najeriya tana buƙatar irin gwanintar kasuwanci da kishin ƙasa da Dangote ke da su.
