It is no new that Forbes rated richest man in Africa, Alhaji Aliko Dangote is building one of the biggest petroleum refineries in the world referred as the Dangote refinery in Lagos.

We bring to you latest visuals of the massive refinery project which is billed to commence production in the first quarters of 2022 and seven facts about the projects. Watch the video below;

1. Dangote refinery occupy about 2500 hectares, more than 6000 football pitch and have capacity to process 650,000 barrel of crude per day.
2. 40,000 personnel are currently working on the project daily, comprising of less than 11000 expatriates.
3. Dangote ensures every foreigner hired on the projects are matched by four Nigerians in order to build local skills and capacity.
4. 25% of Nigeria’s generated forex currently goes into fuel importation, the Dangote refinery is expected to help Nigeria in import substitution, which is targeted at stabilizing the Naira.

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