The Federal Government has said to Dangote to finish his Refinery Before 2019

Mr. Ibe Kachikwu the Minister of State for Petroleum Resource visited the Dangote oil Refinery site at Lekki free trade Zone, in Lagos, and he said said the government is ready to play its part as a responsible government to assist in making sure the project is completed before the scheduled date.

Mr. Ibe Kachikwu said "he was overwhelmed by the dimension of the project that the present government had always believed, the private sector holds the best option in industrialization efforts of the government, noted that belief has been strengthened by what the Dangote Group is doing.

He also said: that a private sector is the answer to Nigerian’s problems with a project as big as this, and I understand the time challenge is 2019 December, but I am sure you will understand my greed if I tell you that the refinery component of this project should come earlier than the set date.

Mr. Ibe Kachikwu the Minister of State for Petroleum Resource, promised a very firm 

commitment to Nigerians that he must stop the importation of petroleum products by 2019 and his going to keep to it. It is absolutely important that we do this early and given the skills that we have achieved in terms of speed of construction and I urge you to do all within you to achieve its completion before the due date.