Dangote Refinery Symbolises Hope for Africa – ECOWAS President
The Dangote Petroleum Refinery is greater than only a feat of engineering, in accordance with the Financial Group of West African States (ECOWAS).
Throughout a go to to the state-of-the-art 650,000 barrels-per-day facility, the President of the ECOWAS Fee, H.E. Dr Omar Alieu Touray, declared the refinery a beacon of hope for Africa’s future, and a transparent demonstration of what the personal sector can obtain within the drive for regional industrialisation.
The delegation additionally included ECOWAS Commissioner for Infrastructure, Power and Digitalisation, Sediko Douka; Commissioner of Inside Providers, Prof. Nazifi Abdullahi Darma; Director of Personal Sector/SME, Dr Tony Luka Elumelu; and Dr Touray’s Chief of Workers, Hon Abdou Kolley, amongst others.
“What I’ve seen at the moment offers me plenty of hope, and everyone who doesn’t imagine in Africa ought to come right here. Visiting right here will provide you with extra hope as a result of that is precisely what our continent ought to deal with.”
“We have now seen one thing I couldn’t have imagined, and actually the capability in all areas is spectacular. We congratulate Alhaji Dangote for this belief in Africa as a result of I believe you do that solely when you could have the belief, and he has a imaginative and prescient for Africa, and that is what we should always all work to encourage.”
Dr Touray famous that the refinery, which produces gasoline to Euro V customary, is essential for enabling the ECOWAS area to fulfill its 50ppm sulphur restrict for petroleum merchandise—a normal many imported fuels fail to fulfill, posing well being and environmental dangers throughout member states.
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“We’re nonetheless importing merchandise under our customary when a regional firm reminiscent of Dangote can meet and exceed these necessities,” he mentioned. “The personal sector should take the lead in ECOWAS industrialisation.”
The ECOWAS Fee President used the go to to name for stronger collaboration between governments and the personal sector, stressing that coverage selections should replicate the true challenges and alternatives skilled by African industrialists.
“We imagine our go to additionally serves as a possibility to listen to instantly from Mr Dangote, about what the personal sector expects from the ECOWAS group,” Dr Touray remarked, noting that as ECOWAS celebrates its fiftieth anniversary, the group is extra dedicated than ever to bringing the personal sector to the desk—to take heed to their views and to grasp how greatest to create an surroundings that works for them.
“We can not proceed to make selections on behalf of the personal sector from a distance. Visits like this present us with first-hand expertise and direct perception into the challenges they face—challenges that authorities and authorities officers should work to handle,” he added.
Dr Touray mentioned the time is ripe for the area to pursue an industrial technique able to addressing deep-rooted challenges reminiscent of youth unemployment, poverty, and insecurity.
“We frequently talk about poverty eradication and youth employment, however the authorities alone might not have the capability to attain these objectives. Solely the personal sector can ship the size of affect required, and it’s important that we take heed to them, perceive how these goals might be met, and establish the bottlenecks they face in order that they are often successfully addressed. That is the one practical path to creating jobs and fostering real prosperity throughout our economies.”
SOURCE: Day by day Belief
