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The Dangote Group on Sunday started constructing a one billion dollars cement plant in Okpella, Edo State, to expand its cement production in Nigeria. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the six million metric tonnes per annum (mmtpa) Okpella plant and the upcoming six mmtpa plant in Itori, Ogun State, will increase the company’s local production capacity to 41 mmtpa ...

The Okuokphellagbe of Okpella Kingdom, Alhaji Yusuf Dirisu, has stated that Africa’s richest investor, Aliko Dangote’s decision to establish a cement factory in Okpella, Edo State, will create employment opportunities and bring infrastructural development to the people of the kingdom and its environs. The traditional ruler added that the entire community had been looking forward to such an investment for ...