The Dangote Cement factory in Obajana, Kogi State, must reopen right away, according to a directive from the National Security Council (NSC), which is presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari.
At a meeting held in the Council Chambers of the State House in Abuja, the council issued the order.
After the meeting, the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Lucky Irabor, joined by the Minister of Police Affairs, Mohammed Dingyadi, and the Minister of the Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, briefed reporters.
Aregbesola stated that the Kogi State Government and Dangote Group had achieved an understanding of the necessity of reopening the cement factory, and he urged both sides to uphold the understanding.
The minister said, "The council ordered the factory's quick reopening and suggested that any legal disputes be settled because the government was dedicated to creating jobs."
On the ultimatum given by Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State on Thursday that people of the state would take their decision on sophisticated weapons procurement if the Federal Government failed in the next month to respond to its already written application to the appropriate quarters, he restated that no state had been authorized to acquire automatic rifles and urged that due process be followed.
The council also directed the Office of the National Security Adviser (NSA) in conjunction with the Office of the Secretary to Government of the Federation (OSGF) to set up a high-powered investigation committee into the crude oil theft in the Niger Delta with a view to unraveling those behind it.