{"id":7691,"date":"2025-07-15T10:22:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-15T10:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/?p=7691"},"modified":"2025-07-15T10:26:56","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T10:26:56","slug":"dangote-to-set-up-seaport-to-enhance-export-of-fertilizer-others","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/2025\/07\/15\/dangote-to-set-up-seaport-to-enhance-export-of-fertilizer-others\/","title":{"rendered":"Dangote To Set UP Seaport To Enhance Export Of Fertilizer, others"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Africa\u2019s richest person, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, has applied to begin work on a seaport near his fertiliser and oil refinery plants to make it easier to export goods, including liquefied natural gas and support the rapid growth of his industrial empire.<\/p>\n

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Aliko Dangote\u2019s plan \u201cto build the biggest, deepest port in Nigeria\u201d took wings after he sent in the paperwork for permission in late June, he said in an interview in Lagos.<\/p>\n

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According to Bloomberg, the proposed Atlantic seaport in Olokola, Ogun state, lies about 100 kilometers (62 miles) by road from the billionaire\u2019s fertiliser plant and petrochemicals refinery in Lagos.<\/p>\n

The agency said Dangote currently exports urea and fertiliser through an on-site jetty he built that also receives heavy equipment for the refinery.<\/p>\n

It maintained that the port will link the conglomerate\u2019s logistics and export operations and rival facilities in Lagos, Nigeria\u2019s commercial capital, including the Chinese-funded Lekki Deep Sea Port opened in 2023.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not that we want to do everything by ourselves, but I think doing this will encourage other entrepreneurs to come into it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The port marks the billionaire\u2019s return to the same site where he had previously abandoned plans to build his giant refinery and fertiliser complex after wrangling with local authorities. The tensions have since been mended under a new administration.<\/p>\n

Dangote also plans to export liquefied gas from Lagos, a project that will involve constructing pipelines from Nigeria\u2019s oil-rich Niger Delta, the vice-president of the group Devakumar Edwin said in another interview.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want to do a major project to bring more gas than what NLNG is doing today,\u201d he said, referring to Nigeria LNG Ltd., a joint venture between the government, Shell Plc, Eni SpA and TotalEnergies SE, which is currently the continent\u2019s largest exporter of LNG.<\/p>\n

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