Dangote Submits Paperwork To Construct Biggest, Deepest Seaport In Ogun State

 

President of the Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, has submitted paperwork to build the biggest and deepest seaport in Ogun State.

The proposed Atlantic seaport is located in Olokola area in Ogun Waterside area of the state.

Dangote, in an interview with Bloomberg, said the company has applied to begin work at proposed site of the project

The Businessman explained that the plan to build the biggest and deepest port in the state has reached an advanced stage after the paperwork had been submitted for permission last June.

He added that the initiative would ease the export of goods including liquefied natural gas (LPG) and support the rapid growth of his industrial empire.

“It’s not that we want to do everything by ourselves, but I think doing this will encourage other entrepreneurs to come into it,” he said.

It would be recalled that Dangote had last March hinted that he was back to constructing facilities in the due Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State friendliness to investors.