Izuchukwu OkosiPresident Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday commissioned the Dangote Fertilizer Plant at Ibeju-Lekki in Lagos with eminent Nigerians comprising serving Governors, captains of industry and diplomats present to witness the grand opening of the plant, reports Prime Business Africa.
The plant occupies 500 hectares of land in Lekki Free Trade Zone and is Africa’s largest Granulated Urea Fertiliser complex
The complex was built at a cost of $2.5 Billion, has the capacity to produce 3 million metric tonnes per annum of urea fertiliser in Phase 1.
Africa’s richest man Dangote revealed that the facility is the second largest in the world.
In his speech, President Buhari stated that the plant was his vision for the country to afford food suffiency and reduce dependence on imported fertilizers and create employment for Nigerians.
Buhari after the ribbon cutting and a short bus tour of the plant along with the dignatories departed for the Murtala Muhammed International Airport for the commissioning of the newly built terminal.
Those who made speeches at the Dangote Fertilizer plant commissioning on the following order were:
1. Aliko Dangote (CEO, Dangote Group)
2. Adebiyi Adebayo (Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment)
3. Dr. Mahmoud Mohammed Abubakar (Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development)
4. Mr. Godwin Emefiele (Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria)
5. Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu (Governor of Lagos State)
6. President Muhammadu Buhari (GCFR)
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu revealed that President Buhari will be back in Lagos for the commissioning of a rice mill.
Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc.
In October 2004, Okosi joined Complete Communications Limited, publishers of Complete Sports newspaper and Complete Football magazine as a reporter and later script writer for the Complete Sports studio.
He worked there for 13 years until October 2017.
Okosi also worked various times as Correspondent, Content creator and Editor at Sports Market International Magazine, Opera News, All Nigeria Soccer Media and Iconic Media Watch.
He also undertook freelance writing gigs for some local and international organizations.
Okosi is a member of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Association of Movie Producers (AMP), Association of Voiceover Artistes of Nigeria (AVOA), Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) and Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ).
He has been part of cast in some Nollywood movies and radio dramas including Blood Money 2, Scores To Settle, Dead End 2, Another Campus Tale and Battle Line.
Aside mainstream media and the entertainment industry, he has interests in scouting/unearthing of talents in the sports and creative sectors, exports business and property development.
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