Nigeria's Dangote Refinery, which is by far the largest and definitely most significant, is to be launched on 22 May by President Buhari, a week before the end of his tenure. By Lawatem
Nigeria’s four government-controlled oil refineries, with a cumulative capacity of about 445,000 barrels per day , have been moribund for decades.
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