Refinery will generate Substantial job opportunities – Dangote

The Chief Executive Officer of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has said his refinery will generate enough job opportunities for Nigerian youths.

Dangote disclosed this Monday while speaking at the commissioning of the Dangote petroleum refinery petrochemical.

While highlighting on the benefits of the refinery he said the refinery project will provide thousands of job opportunities for youth in Nigeria.

It will make available to our industries vital raw materials to a large range of manufacturers in the pharmaceuticals, food, beverages, construction and many other industries,” he said

The refinery set up to refine 650,000 barrels of crude oil per day transforms crude oil into different usage of petroleum products such as diesel, gasoline, jet fuel and kerosene.

The refinery which is located at Dangote Industries Free Zone, Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos, and it is set up to process crude oil grades from the continent of Africa, Asia and America, with a delivery of a surplus of close to 38 million litres of petrol, diesel, kerosene and aviation fuel for Nigeria daily.