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Dangote Petrochemical Plant To Position Nigeria As Africa’s Polypropylene Hub

by Olushola Bello
3 years ago
in Business
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The president of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, said the Dangote’s $2 billion Petrochemical Plant, when fully operational, will position Nigeria as one of Africa’s largest petrochemicals hubs and boost non-oil export earnings for the country.

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The 900,000 metric tons per annum capacity Plant, which is being built alongside the 650,000 barrels per day Dangote Petroleum Refinery will produce polypropylene strategically positioned to cater to the demands of the growing plastic processing downstream industries not only in Africa but also in other parts of the world.

Dangote, who made this disclosure at 2022 Zenith Bank International Trade Seminar on Non-oil Export recently in Lagos, said the refinery and petrochemical projects will ensure petroleum products sufficiency and security for Nigeria.

He emphasised the need for government to unlock the potential of petrochemical export by completing the OB3 pipeline to make gas available to manufacturers, saying “there is need to prioritise financing gas infrastructure, gas allocation to the domestic market and adjustment of fiscal framework to make supply of gas to domestic market attractive for oil companiesm.”

Dangote disclosed that the refinery reputed to be the largest single train greenfield petroleum refinery in the world is at an advanced stage of completion, and that, on completion, it is expected to export much more than eight million tons of petroleum products annually after meeting domestic consumption, while about 900,000 tons of polypropylene is also expected from the petrochemical plant.

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The business mogul revealed that the recently commissioned three million mtpa Fertiliser Plant has commenced export to India, North America and Latin America, saying, at steady state, will export two million tons per annum after meeting domestic consumption.

He explained that the Dangote Fertiliser regarded as the second largest urea fertiliser plant in the world is leveraging Nigeria’s abundant gas reserves as raw material for the production of Urea

Stressing on the need for Nigeria to encourage non-oil export, Dangote said,  Nigeria’s non-oil export is quite low compared to other African top oil producers.

He noted that, “this exposes the economy to oil price and production risks. Export opportunities abound in Nigeria but there are two main routes import substitution and export oriented industries. Import substitution is ideal for economies like Nigeria which has a large domestic market and a huge import bill.”

He  urged the federal government to build on the country’s competitive advantage to develop industries that are primarily geared towards export.

The governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr. Godwin Emefiele described the theme of the seminar ‘Unlocking Opportunities in Nigeria’s Non-oil Export Business’ as timely and appropriate.

He pointed out that the CBN had undertaken several initiatives to promote the non-oil export sector because of its firm belief that the non-oil export sector holds enormous potential to contribute to employment generation, wealth creation and economic growth of the country.

 


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