Founder of Dangote Group and the owner of Dangote Refinery, Aliko Dangote has narrated how the immediate past governor of Ogun State, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, demolished his proposed cement plant in Itori area of the State twice.
The foremost businessman and philanthropist, however, did not state the reasons for Amosun’s actions.
VIDEO: Amosun demolished our proposed cement plant in Ogun twice, says Dangote#chiefjudge #okoya #fubara #nysc #lagos #sowore #nigeria #raye #arsenal #yoruba #isak #azul #corp pic.twitter.com/xfnmCyNG1y
— NewsClick Nigeria Media (@NewsClickng) March 17, 2025
In a viral video posted on social media on Monday, Dangote made the revelation in the company of the incumbent governor of Ogun State, Prince Dapo Abiodun, whom he praised for saving the day for the project.
“I think it is good we have it on record that the (cement) factory we are visiting now in Itori, you know it was because of His Excellency (Dapo Abiodun) that we came back.
“That factory was demolished twice. We started, Governor Amosun demolished it. The second time, we started again, he demolished not only the factory, including the fencing, so we left.
“But, right now, we are coming because of His Excellency my brother, Prince Dapo Abiodun. We are now back,” Dangote stated.
NewsClick Nigeria reports that Amosun, who was a two-time Senator representing Ogun Central senatorial district, also served as governor of Ogun State between 2011 and 2019.
The billionaire business man explained that the Itori Cement Plant will also increase Nigeria’s capacity to export cement, thereby enabling more diversification and foreign exchange inflows for the economy.
According to Dangote, the project was further expected to develop the domestic economy through the creation of thousands of indirect and direct jobs and drive economic development in the Itori axis of Ogun State. Ancillary businesses, he stated, will be drawn to the axis, who will be seeking to take advantage of the location of the cement plant to provide goods and services to staff, contractors and other stakeholders.
He added that constructing the new cement plant was in line with Dangote Group’s vision of producing locally goods that were formerly imported despite the abundance of raw materials for local production of such goods.
