Aliko Dangote Promises 24hr Electricity Project In Lagos State

Aliko Dangote earlier this week revealed that his company is in the
process of building a Gas Pipeline from Bonny to under the sea which
when done, will provide Lagos with 24hr power supply. Dangote said this
when he paid a courtesy visit to the Governor of Lagos state,
Akinwunmi Ambode .
Speaking to the press after the visit, the Africa’s richest man said:
“I’ve assured him that we really love doing business here, it’s a
friendly state for doing business and also to assure him of all the
projects that we are doing that we are on course; that is building the
largest ever single refinery of 650,000 barrels per day, which is by far
more than the consumption of Nigeria and that would satisfy our
consumption at least for the next 7 to 10 years by the time we finish.
Also, we are building the largest fertilizer plant of two to three million
tonnes of Uranium and Amonia also in the Lekki Free Trade Zone and
assure him that we are going to do a Gas Pipeline from Bonny to under
the sea, in which when we finish, Lagos state will never ever
experience blackout, there would be electricity 24 hours a day. There
are quite a lot of things that would come along with, that would create
so many jobs. I think Lagos will be one of the fastest growing cities in
Nigeria and Africa as a whole.
I can assure you that we would do our own bit in terms of your efforts
in policing Lagos, for security and whatever the need is, feel free to
call us, we would partner with you and whatever you want us to do to
make Lagos a better place. It’s not a small project. We would have
challenge in getting people to work there, because at the height of it,
we would have almost close to 38,000 people working at the same
location, this is something that we have to partner with the state
government. Having 38,000 people on one site, not every one of them
will be from the community, others will be from other states, there
would be cultural issues and all that, we need to integrate everybody
to ensure that the whole thing work out fine,”