Buhari To Inaugurate $19 billion Dangote Refinery Today

President Muhammadu Buhari will inaugurate the Dangote Refinery, Africa’s biggest oil refinery, on Monday, May 22, 2023.

The facility is a 650,000 barrels per day (bpd) integrated refinery project located in the Lekki free trade zone area of Lagos state.

The project, which cost an estimated $19 billion to build, is expected to generate 9,500 direct, and 25,000 indirect jobs.

Last week, the Nigeria National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited, said it was set to supply 300,000 barrels of crude oil to Dangote Refinery.

Meanwhile, Buhari will also induct new warships, gunboats and helicopters for the Nigerian navy, as part of the presidential fleet review, today.