Author: meridianspy

President of the Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has called for urgent investment in local manufacturing and power infrastructure, stressing that Nigeria must design and build what it consumes to achieve economic independence. Speaking at the Nigerian Academy of Engineering induction ceremony in Lagos, where he was honoured as a Distinguished Fellow, Dangote said: “True economic independence is impossible without technical sovereignty. We must fabricate, design and build what we consume.” He emphasised the importance of electricity infrastructure, describing power grids as critical to industrial growth. “Our task is urgent. We must build power grids. This power is important; we…

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