Close Menu
    Facebook X (Twitter) Instagram
    Facebook X (Twitter) Instagram
    SweetCrudeReportsSweetCrudeReports
    Subscribe
    • Home
    • Oil
    • Gas
    • Power
    • Solid Minerals
    • Labour
    • Financing
    • Freight
    • Community Development
    • E-Editions
    SweetCrudeReportsSweetCrudeReports
    Home » Dangote refinery to employ 8,000 engineers, create jobs for 85,000 Nigerians

    Dangote refinery to employ 8,000 engineers, create jobs for 85,000 Nigerians

    September 5, 2013
    Share
    Facebook Twitter LinkedIn WhatsApp

    Aliko Dangote05 September 2013, Abuja – The President of the Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, said about 8,000 engineers would be needed for the smooth take off of the nine- billion- dollar Dangote Refinery/Fertiliser plant in Ondo.

    Dangote told State House correspondents on Wednesday in Abuja that the project, when completed, would provide direct and indirect jobs for 85,000 Nigerians.

    He said the group had secured a 3.3 billion-dollar credit facility from a consortium of banks for the project.

    According to him, importation of petroleum products will end by 2016 as the plant will commence production in the next three years.

    He said his plan was to make the country self-reliant in petrochemical and petroleum products, as well as make it an industrial giant.

    “Now, Nigeria is going to be taken out of the list of countries that import petroleum products. We will produce 20 million metric tonnes which is equivalent to what Nigeria consumes currently.

    “Today, we did the signing ceremony, the vice-president came to witness the signing but we insisted on coming to  thank Mr president for his policies .

    “Without good government policies, there is no way the private sector can invest in Nigeria, because we are not Father Christmas at all. The policies have to be right,’’ he said.

    According to Dangote,  Nigeria currently spends about 30 billion dollars annually on importation of petroleum products.

    He said the complex planned by his group would make Nigeria a net exporter of petroleum products, including diesel and aviation fuel, as well as poly-propylene and fertiliser.

    – NAN

    Related News

    Heirs Energies, Renaissance Africa Energy collaborate to drive Nigeria’s oil & gas development

    NNPC raises alarm over sabotage campaign targeting leadership, reforms

    WTO hails Nigeria Customs as continental model for trade facilitation

    E-book
    Resilience Exhibition

    Latest News

    Genesis Energy, Desert Technologies sign strategic collaboration agreement to accelerate renewable energy access in Afric

    June 28, 2025

    Akwa Ibom, REA partner to expand rural electrification access 

    June 28, 2025

    Heirs Energies, Renaissance Africa Energy collaborate to drive Nigeria’s oil & gas development

    June 28, 2025

    NLNG boosts healthcare access, launches laboratory in Bauchi hospital 

    June 28, 2025

    NNPC raises alarm over sabotage campaign targeting leadership, reforms

    June 27, 2025
    Demo
    Facebook X (Twitter) Instagram
    • Opec Daily Basket
    • Oil
    • Power
    • Gas
    • Freight
    • Financing
    • Labour
    • Technology
    • Solid Mineral
    • Conferences/Seminars
    • Community Development
    • Nigerian Content Initiative
    • Niger-Delta Question
    • Insurance
    • Other News
    • Focus
    • Feedback
    • Hanging Out With Markson

    Subscribe for Updates

    Get the latest energy news from Sweetcrudereports.

    Please wait...
    Please enter all required fields Click to hide
    Correct invalid entries Click to hide
    © 2025 Sweetcrudereports.
    • About Us
    • Advertise with us
    • Privacy Policy

    Type above and press Enter to search. Press Esc to cancel.