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Olugbemi. Adeyinka Ogunleye
1 month ago
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Dangote Refinery Symbolises Hope for Africa ECOWAS President
Says private sector crucial to tackling unemployment, insecurity
Domestic refining offers greater benefits than importation, says Dangote
President of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission, Dr Omar Touray, has described the Dangote Petroleum Refinery as a transformational project with the capacity to meet the petroleum needs of Nigeria and the entire West African region.
Touray, who led a high-powered ECOWAS delegation on a working visit to the 650,000 barrels-per-day (bpd) facility in the Lekki Free Trade Zone (FTZ), Lagos, lauded the refinery as a “beacon of hope for Africa’s future” and a demonstration of what the private sector could achieve in driving regional industrialisation.
Moved by the scale and sophistication of the facility, the ECOWAS Commission President said: “What I have seen today gives me a lot of hope, and everybody who doesn’t believe in Africa should come here. Visiting here will give you more hope because this is exactly what our continent should focus on.
“We have seen something I couldn’t have imagined, and really the capacity in all areas is impressive. We congratulate Dangote for this trust in Africa because I think you do this only when you have the trust, and he has a vision for Africa, and this is what we should all work to encourage,”.
