President Muhammadu Buhari has urged entrepreneurs and investors to channel ideas and resources into areas of the economy that stimulate growth, with long-term effect on job creation and poverty reduction, assuring that fixing infrastructure remains government’s top priority.
Receiving Chairman of Dangote Industries Ltd, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, and Board members of the Group at the Presidential Villa, the President said the challenges in transportation and energy will continue to attract attention for a turnaround, while urging entrepreneurs in the country and foreign investors to focus on areas that will leave lasting legacies of transforming lives.
He thanked Aliko Dangote and the board for the courage and foresight that enabled them to embark on the mega investment projects which will have enduring benefits to generations of Nigerians.
He noted that Entrepreneurs such as Alhaji Aliko Dangote are unique gifts to their societies and the institutions they build, and they often become the pillars of stable and prosperous economies.
President Buhari urged other Nigerians in the business sector to emulate this iconic entrepreneur by investing in such enterprises that will in time become worthy legacies as national assets which will continue to benefit their people for generation after generation, creating firm anchors of enduring prosperity for their citizens.
President Buhari told the delegation, which was on a courtesy visit, that reforms were already going on in the public sector to reposition it into a more effective and result oriented engine room that will encourage more investments.
He lauded Alhaji Dangote for always investing in areas that bring the highest benefits to Nigerians.
President Buhari also commended the Dangote Group for extending investments to other African countries, while highlighting the vision behind the refinery.
In his remarks, the Chairman of Dangote Industries Ltd, said the Board was at the State House to express profound appreciation to the President for the great honour to the Dangote Group when he commissioned the new 3m MTPD Fertilizer plant, which was the latest subsidiary company of the Dangote Fertilizer Ltd.
Alhaji Dangote said the Board looks forward to the return of President Buhari to commission the Oil Refineries and Petrochemicals project, which will transform the Nigerian economy.
The leader of the Dangote Group said with more investments in agriculture and Oil and Gas sectors, more impact will be made on the economy.
Alhaji Dangote submitted that the group of industries will always hold on to the President’s mantra on the economy to “produce what the Country consume and consume what the country produces.
BELLO WAKILI
