Nigeria’s outgoing President, Muhammadu Buhari will the 22nd of May 22nd, inaugurate the 650,000 barrels per day Dangote Refinery, the Presidency has revealed.
The Special Assistant to the President on Digital Communications Bashir Ahmad made this disclosure in a tweet on his handle.
‘Efforts by the Federal Government to make Nigeria self-sufficient in local refining of crude oil to save the scarce foreign exchange used in the importation of petroleum products have received a boost as the 650,000 barrels per day Dangote Refinery, the world’s largest single-train refinery, is set for inauguration on May 22nd, 2023, by President Muhammadu Buhari,’ he wrote on Sunday.
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Meanwhile, the Aliko Dangote Foundation (ADF) has announced that it has commenced the disbursement of ₦100,000 and Dignity Packs to each of the Nigerian returnees from Sudan following their distressed arrival.
Africa Today News, New York can confirm that the money and the Dignity Packs were handed out to the evacuees upon arrival at the airport in Abuja on Friday.
All the evacuees, irrespective of the number are billed to receive the sum of N100,000 and Dignity Packs each, by the Aliko Dangote Foundation (ADF), once they step into the country according to the foundation.
Speaking in Abuja soon after the arrival of the returnees, a representative of the foundation, Maryam Buhari-Shehu, said the Board of Trustees of the Foundation has resolved to be fully involved in the evacuation and resettling of thousands of Nigerians that were stranded in Sudan.
She said a total of 362 returnees including children were registered by the ADF for the exercise on the first day. Three hundred and fifty people received the support.