By; AMOS TAUNA, Kaduna
The General Manager, of Dangote Sugar, North, Abdulsalam Waya, has said with 650,000 barrels of oil per day, Dangote refinery will end the perenial fuel scarcity in Nigeria.
Speaking during the Dangote Day at the 44th Kaduna International Trade Fair which ended yesterday on Saturday, Waya explained that in a couple of months, the refinery would be commissioned and will commence production.
Waya who represented the Dangote Group, also said Dangote is the biggest employer of labour outside the government, saying, the company has touched the lives of millions of Nigerians in many ways with its products.
He said, “There’s no any household in the country that do not patronize neither dangote sugar, salt or cement. We have equally continue to boost the nation’s economy by investing heavily on agriculture and minerals resources.”
According to him, these two sectors are strategic to the growth of the economy.
Also speaking, the Technical sales Manager, Dangote Cement, Oligie Friday, said the company export cement to 14 African countries, saying,boosting our economy.
He also said they provide over 5,000 direct jobs and as well never default in paying tax.
While speaking at the fair, the Assistant General Manager, Sales and Marketing, Dangote Fertilizer, Agbana Issac Oladele, remarked that his company now produced 3million tones of fertilizers for both local consumption and export.
Oladele said further, “We have not only improved crop production for Nigerian farmers, we have made the market very attractive and competitive.”
