The United States Trade and Development
Agency has signed a $997,447 training grant with Dangote Oil Refining
Company to develop critical human capacity resources necessary to
successfully operate and maintain Dangote’s Greenfield petroleum
refinery situated in Lagos.
The USTDA grant will fund a multi-year programme to train over 100 employees of the company on refinery fundamentals.
The Chairman and Chief Executive Officer,
Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, said during the signing of the grant in
Lagos on Thursday that the partnership would facilitate the provision of
goods and services required for a training programme in connection with
the refinery project.
Dangote said, “Just over a year ago, with
our decision to invest in a $9bn, 650,000 barrels per day refinery
project, we decided to address the paradox of Nigeria being one of the
world’s largest producers and exporters of crude oil, but yet one of the
largest importers of refined petroleum products.
“Today, the project has commenced and we
expect to be in production by the first quarter of 2018. For such a
high-tech investment, getting the right quality of human capital to run
the plant is considered to be possibly the most critical success factor
for the multi-billion dollar project.”
He expressed gratitude for the grant,
saying the USTDA gesture was consistent with the agency’s history of
support for infrastructural development in Nigeria.
The training is being provided as part of
a whole-of-US government advocacy campaign in support of Universal Oil
Products LLC’s (Des Plaines III) agreement through its affiliate, UOP
Limited, for the provision of technology licensing and engineering
services to Dangote Oil Refining Company, the Public Affairs Officer, US
Consulate General, Lagos.
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