“The project will have an effect in employment and other people involved in the chain of the business; suppliers, contractors and others”, he said. Quizzed on when the project could take off, the Dangote Industries Limited Chief Operating Officer said the procedure to get the paper work done is on course. “I wouldn’t say now because we are also eager to come and start, but there is a process and we are sure that within the next couple of months, we should complete the paper work and take off with the project”, Mr Olakunle Alake told the press.
According to the company’s website, the Dangote Group is one of the most diversified business conglomerates in Africa with a hard-earned reputation for excellent business practices and products’ quality with its operational headquarters in the bustling metropolis of Lagos, Nigeria. It is involved among others in cement manufacturing and importation, sugar manufacturing and refining and salt refining.