The former deputy national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olabode George, has urged the President of the Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, to help members of the host communities where his refinery project is going on, News About Nigeria reports.
He said this in a statement on Monday while congratulating him on his refinery project.
He noted that including the host communities in the benefits of the project will reflect their inclusivity as part owners.
He also stated that the project is so massive and is eternal, adding that the indigenous people of the communities deserve more than employment and training.
He maintained that it is through equity holding in the company that the people can truly have a sense of inclusiveness and that their inheritance has not been taken away from them for nothing.
“I want to congratulate Alhaji Aliko Dangote. All Nigerians should be proud of him. But, let me advise him: What happened in the oil-rich Niger Delta should be avoided in Lagos. I was told he is helping the indigenes of that axis by giving scholarships. This is commendable. He needs to go further by ensuring that host communities housing the massive refinery project benefit as shareholders, which would reflect their inclusivity as part owners.
“The project is so massive and eternal that the indigenes of the communities deserve more than employment and training. It is through equity holding in the company that the people can truly have a sense of inclusiveness, that their inheritance had not been taken away from them for nothing,” he stated.
The former chairman also advised Dangote to learn from the mistakes in the Niger Delta Region and not allow the same happen in the Ibeju-Lekki/Epe axis of Lagos, the host communities of his refinery and petrochemical projects.
