Dangote Plans To End Oil Importation

The President, Dangote Group of Companies, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, has said that his aim of building a high profile refinery in Nigeria is to bring to an end the problem of importation of oil into the country.

Disclosing this at a parley with newsmen in Kano, Friday, Dangote said when completed, the refinery would be the largest in the West African sub region, stressing that the production capacity would be enough to make the products within the reach of every Nigerian.

Represented at the parley by the company’s Executive Director, Stakeholders Management and Corporate Communications. Engr. Mansur Ahmed, Dangote further stated his determination to expand and widen the scope of his business empire for people of the country to benefit, assuring that with the strategic plans in the pipeline, the future would be promising.

He further unveiled plans to embark on the installation of a solar energy plant in Kano soon.

According to him, non-availability of gas supply in the country was responsible for the epileptic power supply in the country, hence his plan to diversify into solar energy, so as to power electricity plants and keep the factories running at installed capacity.

He explained that there is every need for any factory to run at full capacity and regretted that poor power supply has seriously affected economic development in the country.