*The league of engineering bodies in Nigeria, comprising the National Society of Engineers, Nigerian Academy of Engineering, Association of Consulting Engineering in Nigeria, and COREN laud Aliko Dangote for hiring and nurturing indigenous engineers, as the company prepares to produce its Premium Motor Spirit, also known as petrol for energy consumers

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The league of engineering bodies in Nigeria has hailed the huge scale of engineering structures at the Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals and Dangote Fertiliser Plant at Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos State.

The League, comprising the National Society of Engineers (NSE), Nigerian Academy of Engineering (NAE), Association of Consulting Engineering in Nigeria (ACEN), and the Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN), stated this at the weekend during a tour of the complex, where Devakumar Edwin, Vice-President, Oil & Gas, Dangote Industries Limited (DIL), received the delegation.

The engineers described the oil and gas superstructure as awesome and mind-blowing.

绿帽献妻 reports the Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited has restated the company is preparing for production of its Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), otherwise known as petrol.

The DIL also stated the body of engineers commended Aliko Dangote, President/Chief Executive of Dangote Industries Limited, for hiring and nurturing highly-skilled Nigerian engineers – who were guides during the visit.

According to the visiting team, engineering is alive in Nigeria in respect of the workforce at the construction of the Dangote Petroleum Refinery complex, in Lagos.

Dangote Refinery is 鈥榤ind-blowing,鈥� says Engr. Oguntala, NSE President

Speaking during an interactive session during the engineers’ visit, Engr. Margaret Oguntala, 34th and first female President of the Nigerian Society of Engineers, described the oil-refining facility as 鈥渕ind-blowing鈥�.

Engr. Oguntala asserted that the refinery project, from construction to employment, has given her hope and assurance that young Nigerian engineers are ready to take on the world.

She said: “I was awed to see the state-of-the-art facility at the Dangote Refinery; what I see here today will blow the mind of any engineer; it is just like the movies.

“I was an intern at the Port Harcourt Refinery, and I also visited the Kaduna Refinery; it is nothing compared to what I see here.”

The expert further noted: “The young engineer that took us around showed capacity, and we are happy that you are building the future of engineers.

“We at the NSE are behind you; we shall take this home and let the world know that engineering is alive at the Dangote Refinery.”

ACEN Chief to Dangote: Keep up what you鈥檙e doing; we鈥檙e behind you

In his remarks while speaking on behalf of the Nigerian Academy of Engineering, Prof. Azikiwe Peter Onwualu also noted that the visitors have seen 鈥渟omething good and Nigerians need to know about it.鈥�

Prof. Onwualu stated: 鈥淲e are happy some of our fellows are part of your system.

“We would like to remind the President of the Dangote Group, Mr. Aliko Dangote, that if you are not doing something great, you will not be criticised. Whatever you are doing, keep it up.

“If we have this kind of development across Nigeria, people won鈥檛 be talking about protests. “Keep doing what you are doing and you will hear from us.鈥�

Prof. Sadiq Zubair Abubakar, President of Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria, also enthused that Nigerian engineers are not inferior to their counterparts globally, and the Dangote Petroleum Refinery is visible proof of this.

Abubakar stated: 鈥淲e have known this as a fact that Nigerians are no less in engineering globally.

“We know our capabilities and this attests to it. What we saw today is emotional and I wonder what the motivation for this colossal investment is.

“We would like to encourage him for keeping the spirit of a true Nigerian.鈥�

We鈥檙e poised to produce petrol as addition to diesel, Jet fuel, others: Edwin, VP, Oil & Gas at Dangote Group

Edwin, Vice-President, Oil & Gas at DIL, while responding to questions, demystified talks around the monopoly tag on Dangote Petroleum Refinery, stating that someone has to start a project before others follow.

He explained: 鈥淣igeria was one of the largest importers of cement, then we started manufacturing cement and then we became exporters, same thing applies to sugar, salt and now fertiliser.

“This breakthrough opened the doors for other investors in those industries and Nigeria is better for it.”

The Vice-President also noted: 鈥淲hat motivates Mr. Dangote is his sheer interest in the Nigerian project.

“It is true, we are in business to make money but the question is where is the money going to? “Every money Dangote is making goes back to the Nigeria economy, from cement to salt, sugar, fertiliser.”

Edwin further stated: 鈥淭he business strategy of the Dangote Refinery is to minimise the energy cost and the overall cost of production; build the most environmentally friendly; maximise value addition; maximise gasoline which is in high demand with about 55 percent of the production capacity compared to 22 percent of the existing refineries in Nigeria; strategically located marine infrastructure for crude receipt and product evacuation; and state-of-the-art technology.

It is also to produce Euro V products; provide crude flexibility and create market of $21 billion per annum of Nigerian crude.鈥�

Also addressing reporters, Engr. Babajide Soyode, Technical Consultant to Dangote Refinery, said the visit of his professional colleagues made him 鈥渧ery proud鈥�.

Engr. Soyode stated: 鈥淚 knew the project was a hard one, but Aliko Dangote is harder. He follows up on his passion.

鈥淗is corporate vision is to meet the need of the people. It is the greatest honour of my life to be part of this project.鈥�

Meanwhile, Edwin has restated that the Dangote Petroleum Refinery is poised to begin production of petrol, a process which he noted is expected to complement the current petroleum products, including diesel and Jet fuel at the refinery.

The effort is geared towards stimulating local supply of the vital energy product to Nigerians, and saving huge Foreign Exchange (Forex) revenue for Nigeria.

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