Dangote Group has pledged to ensure Nigeria attains self-sufficiency in all the economic sectors where it operates.
This was disclosed by the Regional Sales Director, Lagos/Ogun, Dangote Cement Plc, Dolapo Alli, who spoke at its Special Day at the on-going 13th Gateway International Trade fair in Abeokuta
He said the Dangote Group as a pan-African conglomerate has adopted as its mantra Nigeria’s self-sufficiency in all sectors where the company operates.
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He explained that the Group has been a reliable partner to many trade fairs across the country because the management believe that Chambers of Commerce & Industry occupy a unique position in driving economic development through their activities.
He stated that Dangote Industries ltd considered OGUNCCIMA as been unique because Ogun state has one of the largest concentration of industries in Nigeria and serve as a corridor for transportation of goods, services and people between the nation’s commercial center of Lagos and the rest of Nigeria and even neighbouring countries of Benin Republic, Togo and Ghana.
Alli noted that the Company’s continuous efforts to innovate, create value and invest in Nigeria are borne out of its belief in the vast economic potential of Nigeria, adding that this informed the management’s desire to invest massively in states across the country.
According to him, the company’s food subsidiaries, Dangote Sugar Refinery, NASCON Allied Industries (Dangote Salt) and Dangote Rice are providing jobs through various schemes. He added that Dangote Sugar Refinery, through its out-grower scheme has provided jobs to thousands of farmers in the host communities.
“The coming of Dangote Fertilizer has to a great extent helped to change the face of agriculture in Nigeria while the Dangote Petroleum Refinery, when functional will drive the development of ancillary industries which will utilize the byproducts as raw materials,” he said
