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‘We are projecting 650,000 barrels per day which will create jobs for not less than 250,000 Nigerians when the Dangote Refinery and Petrochemicals is completed and fully operational next year’ this much was disclosed by the Group executive director, Strategy and Capital Projects, Dangote Industries Limited, Mr Devakumar Edwin. He added that the Refinery has potential to turn around Nigeria’s economy with the employment of thousands of Nigerians for direct and indirect jobs.
He said the huge unemployment rate of Nigerian youths and the need to make the country self-reliant in fuel consumption and attract much needed foreign exchange through export of the products were reasons that motivated the President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote to venture into manufacturing.
The Dangote group boss said he was very optimistic that the refinery will be a game changer for Nigeria and the rest of Africa.
According to him, the Dangote Industries Limited has succeeded in substantially reducing the high rate of unemployment in the country, with the conglomerate already recruiting youths its various agricultural scheme and also into its other subsidiaries.
Dangote Industries is the highest employer of labour outside the federal government.
