Issa Aremu hails Dangote group, describes it as blaizer in industrialization.

  

       President Mohammad Buhari.

Aremu observed that  with the expected  largest Petroleum Refinery, 650,000 barrels-per-day, it is more than enough to meet Nigeria’s petrol needs and for export) .

According to him,  “Aliko Dangote has long changed the narrative of Nigeria and Africa from pessimism of exporter of raw materials, importers of finished products  to that of manufacturing, value addition and mass job creation.  Aliko Dangote is often reported as the richest man in Africa. But what is even more significant is that he is a  lead- industrializer, lead employer of labour, based on value adding manufacturing activities ranging from production of cement, sugar and flour and now to fertilizer and petroleum products, among others”. 

.                Alhaji Aliko Dangote

The Director General praised the collaboration between the Federal, Lagos state governments and Aliko group which he said “facilitated the conception and completion of the new plant” adding “that the historic event would accelerate the implementation of Nigeria’s  Industrial Revolution Plan as contained in the new National Development Plan recently unveiled by President Muhammadu Buhari.   

DG Michael Imodu Labour Centre Issa Aremu.

Aremu said as Nigeria prepares for 2023  general  elections, it was time for all stakeholders in Nigeria’s project for what he called “new Partnership for Development, Diversification and Mass Employment” . 

“We should build on the strength of Nigeria’s raw materials, large market and abundant human resources and minimize the weaknesses of policy inconsistency and weak Infrastructure to grow the non- oil extractive sector, he said.

 In this respect we must commend the investment patriotism and pan African orientation of the President/Chief Executive of Dangote Group of industries, Alhaji Aliko Dangote in changing the narrative of Africa  from that of ‘resource curse’ to resource beneficiation. It is an open knowledge that Dangote group is a leading “Doing Group” in Africa” he wrote. 

Dangote Fertiliser Plant is Africa’s largest Granulated Urea Fertiliser complex. The plant occupies 500 hectares of land in Lekki Free Trade Zone, Lagos Nigeria. It was built at a cost of $2.5 Billion. With Nigeria estimated to need about 5 to 7 million metric tonnes per annum of fertiliser and with the current level of fertiliser consumption in the country which is 1.5 million metric tonnes, Dangote Fertiliser complex was established to produce 3 million metric tonnes per annum of urea fertiliser in phase 1.