2025-03-28https://repository.covenantuniversity.edu.ng/handle/123456789/34660Steel is at the hea1-t of economic and sustainable development of any nation. It is one of the matedals most widely used by all secton of the economy, fmm 1·esom-ceefficient building stmctm·es to ene1·gy-saving tmnspm·t and infmstmctuml systems to envh-onmentally-fdendly industdal development anchm·ed on clean 1·enewable ene1·gy and 1·ecyclable pmducts. Considedng that the most advanced economies of the wodd pmduce and consume la1·ge quantities of steel and ti·ying to assess the challenges confmnting Nigedan industdal development, the state of Nigedan steel development is evaluated in this 1·esea1-ch. This pape1· 1·esea1-ches into the state of steel pmduction and consumption in Nigeda. Data collected on Nigedan steel industdes and the best pmctices in the inte1·national scenes a1·e statistically analyzed. The 1·esults obtained cleady shows that the mot of poo1· pel"fo1·mance of Nigerian economy is due to the poo1· perfo1·mance of Nigedan steel industi·y. The pape1· pmposes way out fm· the 1·epositioning of Nigedan steel industi·y and then fm· the tme Nigedan Sustainable Industdal Development.application/pdfTA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)Conference or Workshop Item