Organised Private Sector under the auspices of the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI), on Wednesday, lauded the contributions of Dangote Industries Limited (DIL) to poverty reduction efforts of the Federal government, especially the massive employment opportunities for the nation’s teeming youths.
Alluding to the thousands of jobs the Dangote Refinery will generate when fully operational, Dr. Micheal Olawale-Cole, President of the Chamber said Dangote Group has created jobs more than any known private sector operators in the Country. It would be recalled, that Dangote is the highest employer of labour in Nigeria, outside the Federal Government.
Dr Olawale-Cole, who made this disclosure at the ongoing Lagos International Trade Fair during the “Dangote Day” on Wednesday, said the foremost indigenous conglomerate has contributed significantly to providing solutions to the problems of unemployment and by extension, to reducing the poverty levels among Nigerians.
He said the decision of the company to venture into oil and gas would permanently put an end to the issue of petroleum scarcity in Nigeria and contribute substantially to the GDP and the overall economic growth and development of Nigeria.
According to him, Dangote Group has been at the forefront of job creation even as its products and services have touched the lives of millions of people across the African continent and beyond. He then enjoined other corporate bodies to toe the line of Dangote in assisting the Government, through the provision of infrastructure, even if it must be through a tax credit scheme, introduced by the Federal Government.
