Dangote Refinery, a privately-owned refinery in the Federal Republic of Nigeria, has disclosed that it recruited almost 40,000 workers including expatriates from India and China to execute Africa’s largest refinery located in Lekki Free Zone.
The Dangote Refinery said to be the world’s largest single –train refinery has a capacity of 650,000 barrels per day.
It was built at the cost of US$19 billion.
Giving the breakdown of the skilled work workforce recruited for the construction of the refinery, the company mentioned that it recruited 6,400 Indians, 3,250 Chinese and 30,000 Nigerians.
The company disclosed this in a statement issued in response to a media report suggesting that the company neglected youth from Nigeria and other African countries and recruited expatriates.
Dangote Group’s Chief Branding & Communications Officer, Anthony Chiejina said the report was written with malicious intent, as it did not reflect the number of skilled Nigerians on site.
He also said Nigerians on the project demonstrated a high level of technical competence as many hidden skills were discovered among them.
Chiejina advised the public to discountenance such malicious and twisted reports, and instead, focus on the potential impact of the project on the overall economy and well-being of Nigerians.
He said Dangote Group would continue to be the leading light in employment generation.
Source: https://energynewsafrica.com
