Aliko Dangote, president of the Dangote Group, says the first phase construction of the road leading from the seaport in Apapa to the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway Toll Gate will be completed before the end of December 2019. Dangote was speaking during an inspection of the construction site with Godwin Emefiele, governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria. According to the billionaire ...
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Dangote moves to reduce unemployment rate with investments in agriculture
It is no doubt that unemployment is one of the biggest problems facing Nigeria. The unemployment report released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) in December 2018 showed that the unemployment rate increased from 18.8% during the third quarter of 2017, to 23.1% in the same period in 2018. According to the report, about 20.9 million Nigerians were out of jobs ...
Read More »Real estate operators commends Dangote for revamping African economy
Real estate Operators under the aegis of Africa Real Estate Society (AFRES) have hailed the contributions of Chairman of Dangote Cement Plc Aliko Dangote in lessening the burden of unemployment through his contributions to the real estate sector of the African economy. They called on African leaders to encourage him to do more by obliging him the necessary cooperation to ...
Read More »Dangote welcomes first ship on Lekki Free Trade Zone
The Dangote Oil Refinery jetty located at the Lekki Free Trade Zone, Lagos has received its first ship call. The ship named: “BBC Naples”, berthed at the new jetty on Sunday evening to deliver essential equipment for ongoing construction work at the Dangote Refinery. The 132 meters long, 9,755 tonnes general cargo ship is operated by BB Chartering, while Hull ...
Read More »Dangote, BUA groups partner FMBN on affordable housing
The Chairmen and Chief Executive Officers of Dangote and BUA Groups of Companies, Alhaji Aliko Dangote and Alhaji Abdul Samad Isyaku Rabiu have expressed strong willingness to partner the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN) towards boosting social housing delivery for Nigerians. Dangote, who ranks as Africa’s richest business magnate and investor and Isyaku Rabiu, a leading Nigerian businessman with ...
Read More »Dangote, Larfarge cement, looking up to investors for growth
Dangote Cement Plc and Lafarge Africa Plc are said to be looking up to investors to help raise capital that will enable the companies to take advantage of proposed infrastructural budgets in Sub-Saharan African countries, including Nigeria. This, they hope, will ensure growth in the sector and overall economic development. Recall that the Nigerian Government had earlier this month passed ...
Read More »Motorists laud Aliko Dangote over Obajana-Kabba road construction
Motorists and commuters travelling from the north to the south and vice versa, have commended Aliko Dangote, president of the Dangote Group of companies for the quality of work done so far on the 44 km Obajana-Kabba road which is adjudged to be the longest concrete road projects in the country. Cross section of the motorists who at the weekend ...
Read More »Dangote blames Apapa-Wharf road gridlock on Customs and Navy
Africa’s richest man Aliko Dangote lamented that check points mounted by Customs, Navy and other agencies were causing traffic gridlock, making life unbearable for motorists. Dangote said this on Wednesday as he appealed to the Buhari government to withdraw Nigeria Customs and the Nigerian Navy from the Ijora-Apapa Wharf road in Lagos to reduce traffic gridlock. “We are going to ...
Read More »The Challenges In Post Contract Process
Post contract is the professional terminology used for all activities carried out when actual construction work starts. This article analyses the challenges in post contract process. The challenges in post contract process and in the building/construction industry as a whole are too numerous and complicated. Some of the challenges of post contract process includes; Quality of construction materials Source of ...
Read More »A portion of the Apapa-Wharf road to be opened to reduce traffic
The Section 1 of the four kilometer Apapa-Wharf Road in Lagos State currently under reconstruction would be opened to traffic before January end. The Federal Controller of Works in Lagos, Mr Godwin Eke has said. Eke told the News Agency of Nigeria of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Wednesday that the measure was to reduce gridlock and hardship to road ...
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