President Tinubu visited the Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals Complex. in Lagos State.
The Chairman of the Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, has credited President Bola Tinubu with being the driving force behind the Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals Complex.
Alhaji Dangote made the remark during the President’s visit to the complex in Lagos State.
Dangote stated, “The Dangote Refinery and Petrochemicals Complex is in many ways your brainchild.”
He highlighted the President’s role in establishing the Lekki Free Trade Zone, where the refinery is located, during his tenure as Governor of Lagos.
“The Lekki Free Trade Zone, the site of this industrial complex, was established during your tenure as Governor of Lagos, and I think, Your Excellency, today, you are witnessing tangible fruits of that vision,” Dangote said, expressing gratitude for the President’s support.
He described Tinubu as a visionary leader.
“I can tell you for a fact that what you have seen today is nothing. We have just started.”
According to him, one of the Tinubu administration’s most transformative initiatives is the Naira for Crude Policy.
He said that the policy stood out as a clear testament to the administration’s commitment to economic recovery and national sovereignty.
‘’This bold policy has enabled us to reduce product prices consistently and guarantee availability for the overall benefit of Nigerians.
“ It has also helped significantly in stabilising the prices of petrol, diesel, jet fuel, LPG, and polypropylene to their lowest levels ever.
“The effect of this development is the stabilisation of our currency, a critical element in the development of economic policy and budgeting by businesses,” Dangote said.
He also lauded the administration’s recently-introduced Nigeria First Policy, which aimed to drastically reduce reliance on foreign goods and services, prioritising local patronage in investment decisions, business operations, and consumption habits.
“This aligns with our group’s corporate vision of producing what we consume to promote self-sufficiency in meeting the basic needs of our people.
“Importation means import of poverty and export of jobs.
“We all have to align with this policy of Nigeria First,” Dangote advised. (NAN)
