By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos –
The President and CEO, of Dangote Industries Limited, Aliko Dangote has commended President Muhammadu Buhari led Federal Government for its supports towards the creation of the Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals plant.
Alhaji Dangote in a tweet on Monday, also appreciated the President-elect, Bola Tinubu and other Nigerians for the immeasurable support his company got from the inception of the project to its completion.
He said: “Well, what I want to share with Nigerians is actually to show my personal gratitude and that of the Dangote Group, for all the assistance that we got from the President, from the Federal Government of Nigeria, from even the President-Elect, because he also set the pace by creating the Lekki Free Trade Zone as part of his dream.
“And also we want to thank most especially Governor Fashola, Governor Ambode and most especially Governor Sanwo-Olu; because they have given us all the assistance that we were looking for.
“We thank all Nigerians for giving us their support which is too numerous to mention,” the African richest man said.
From our Group President/CE, Aliko Dangote GCON#DangoteRefinery #WeAreDangote #EnergyForAll #AfricaEmpowered pic.twitter.com/2BYY4jQ3jN
— Dangote Group (@DangoteGroup) May 22, 2023
Dangote Oil Refinery is a 650,000 barrels per day (BPD) integrated refinery project under construction in the Lekki Free Zone near Lagos, Nigeria. It is expected to be Africa’s biggest oil refinery and the world’s biggest single-train facility.
The Pipeline Infrastructure at the Dangote Petroleum Refinery is the largest anywhere in the world, with 1,100 kilometers to handle 3 Billion Standard Cubic Foot of gas per day. The Refinery alone has a 435MW Power Plant that is able to meet the total power requirement of Ibadan DisCo.
The Refinery will meet 100% of the Nigerian requirement of all refined products and also have a surplus of each of these products for export. Dangote Petroleum Refinery is a multi-billion dollar project that will create a market for $21 Billion per annum of Nigerian Crude. It is designed to process Nigerian crude with the ability to also process other crudes.
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