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Abubakar Malami, the\u00a0Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice has disclosed that the Federal Government has settled a long-standing $5.26bn contractual dispute with a foreign investor group in the steel sector for $496m.<\/p>\n

This was contained in a statement released on Sunday by the Special Assistant, Media and Public Relations, Office of the AGF, Dr Umar Gwandu.<\/p>\n

According to Gwandu, the mediation proceedings<\/a> were under the Alternative Dispute Resolution framework of the International Chamber of Commerce led by Phillip Howell-Richardson.<\/p>\n

According to the government, the settlement agreement came into effect on 19 August 2022.<\/p>\n

\u201cNigeria succeeded in reducing the claim in mediation brought by the international firm of King and Spalding, legal representatives of the Global group, by 91 per cent.<\/p>\n

\u201cA claim for over $10bn was threatened in arbitration before the International Chamber of Commerce, International Court of Arbitration, Paris, in respect of five major contracts<\/a> of 2004 \u2013 2007 \u2014 covering steel, iron ore, and rail,\u201d Gwandu said.<\/p>\n

He revealed that the source of the disputes were five contracts entered into by the 1999 \u2013 2007 administration of President Olusegun Obasanjo which gave complete dominance over the Nigerian steel space to one company group, the Global Steel group.<\/p>\n

According to him, in 2008, the administration of Umaru Yar\u2019 Adua proceeded to terminate the contracts contrary to legal advice offered by the Federal Ministry of Justice, which cited the termination cost in the form of damages.<\/p>\n

Gwandu said that had the government of that day not terminated the Ajaokuta Share Purchase Agreement on April 1, 2008, and waited for just 55 days to terminate, it would have terminated lawfully, and the government would have collected more than from Global Steel.<\/p>\n

He stated, \u201cThis was because the firm appeared unable to pay the first tranche for the Ajaokuta shares before the first anniversary of the agreement (25 May 2008). This failure would have given Nigeria a right to over $26m as liquidated damages under cl.12 of the Ajaokuta Share Purchase Agreement.<\/p>\n

\u201cGlobal Steel, in consequence, took the FGN to the International Chamber of Commerce, International Court of Arbitration, Paris, commencing arbitration in 2008. Although the Federal Government negotiated a settlement in May 2013, the previous administration failed to implement its settlement agreement.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn May 2020, Global (Steel) threatened a resumption of the arbitration and announced an anticipated claim in damages of over $10-14bn against the Nigerian state in respect of the affected five contracts.\u201d<\/p>\n

The statement reads in part, \u201cWith this development, Malami said President Muhammadu Buhari has now rescued the steel industry from interminable and complex disputes as well as saving the taxpayer from humongous damages.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Minister also stated that one of the lessons to be learnt included that the future arrangements \u2014 sale or concessions \u2013 must be carried out in the national interest and in compliance with the law.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Office of the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice grappled with the inherited problem by adopting a blueprint of seven principles for the cost-effective resolution of contractual disputes wherever they occur.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey are the use of institutional mediation, choice of FGN counsel, the use of financial advisers with reputational capital, the importance of not discouraging foreign investment, fiscal responsibility, transparency, and the recognition that joined-up government produces superior outcomes.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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