The Dangote Group has been lauded for adding “immense value to the Nigerian economy and still going stronger.”
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President of Enugu Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (ECCIMA), Sir Odeiga Jideonwo, gave the praise during the ongoing 35th Enugu International Trade Fair, themed: ‘Promoting Made in Nigeria Products for Global Competitiveness’.
Jideonwo enthused that the Dangote refinery which recently started production of refined petroleum products will go a long way in addressing the challenges associated with availability of refined petroleum products in Nigeria.
He said that the exploits of the Dangote Group show great level and high degree of vision, creative thinking, research, innovations and doggedness, which has culminated in what is described as Dangote business and industrial empire today.
“I have no doubt that in years to come, Dangote Group will become not just a big industrial player in Nigeria and Africa, but the entire globe, deepening the creation of wealth and employment generation,” said Jideonwo.
The Regional Sales Director, Dangote Cement Southeast, Abayomi Shittu, emphasised that the target of Dangote is to ensure that the nation becomes self-sufficient in all the sectors that it operates in.
Shittu said that this year’s theme of the trade fair, resonates well with the Dangote Group “as we are focused on domestically manufacturing goods that were hitherto usually imported despite the abundance of raw materials for such products in Nigeria.”
The Regional Sales Director noted that industrialisation is key to diversification of the economy and that is why “we are creating linkages that connect the whole economy while at the same time promoting backward integration.