Dangote thanks Buhari, others for supporting refinery

Aliko Dangote, the chief executive officer of Dangote Industries Limited, has expressed gratitude to President Major General Muhammadu Buhari (ret. ), President-elect Bola Tinubu, and all Nigerians for their support in establishing the Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals Plant.

The businessman expressed his gratitude via the group’s Twitter handle on Monday.

According to The PUNCH, the refinery designed to process 650,000 barrels of crude oil per day converts crude oil into various petroleum products like diesel, gasoline, jet fuel, and kerosene.

The refinery will generate polypropylene, jet fuel, and diesel with Euro-V standards.

The company claimed that a wide range of crudes could be processed at the plant, including many from Africa, some from the Middle East, and US (United States) Light Tight Oil.

“Well, what I want to share with Nigerians is actually to show my personal gratitude and that of the Dangote Group, for all the assistance that we got from the President, from the Federal Government of Nigeria, from even the President-Elect, because he also set the pace by creating the Lekki Free Trade Zone as part of his dream.

“And also we want to thank most especially Governor Fashola, Governor Ambode and most especially Governor Sanwo-Olu; because they have given us all the assistance that we were looking for.

“We thank all Nigerians for giving us their support which is too numerous to mention,” Dangote said.