Shugaban Dangote Industries Limited, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, a ranar Lahadi, ya bayyana shirinsu na fadada ƙarfin samar da man fetur na Dangote Refinery da ke cikin Lekki Free Zone, Lagos, daga ganga 650,000 a kowace rana (bpd) zuwa ganga miliyan 1.4 a kowace rana (mbpd).
A yayin taron manema labarai da aka gudanar a Lagos, Dangote ya ce wannan fadada, wanda za a kammala cikin shekaru uku, zai ƙara matsayin Najeriya a matsayin cibiyar tace man fetur ta duniya.
Ya ƙara da cewa wannan mataki zai sanya Dangote Refinery ta zama mafi girma a duniya a cikin masana’antar tace man fetur ta hanyar ƙarfin samarwa.
Haka kuma, ya sake jaddada shirin sanya wannan masana’anta a kasuwar hannayen jari ta Najeriya (NGX) domin ba da damar ga ‘yan Najeriya su zuba jari a cikin wannan tashar mai darajar biliyoyin daloli.
“Muna shirin ƙara yawan samar da man fetur daga ganga 650,000 a kowace rana zuwa ganga miliyan 1.4 a kowace rana cikin shekaru uku masu zuwa. Wannan fadada zai sanya wannan tace man fetur ta zama mafi girma a duniya,” in ji Dangote.
A cikin wata hira da kamfanin S&P Global, Dangote ya bayyana cewa refinery ɗin na shirin sayar da kashi daga 5% zuwa 10% na hannayen jarinsa a NGX a cikin shekarar mai zuwa.
Ya kuma bayyana cewa, Kamfanin Man Fetur na Najeriya (NNPC) Limited, wanda ke da hannun jari na 7.2% a cikin refinery ɗin, na iya ƙara hannun jarinsa a cikin ci gaba da haɗin gwiwa da gwamnatin tarayya.
An kaddamar da refinery ɗin a shekarar 2023 kuma ana kimanta darajarsa a kusan dala biliyan 20, Dangote Refinery ta fara gudanar da aiki na kasuwanci a shekarar 2024.
Tashar na da ƙwarin ikon sarrafa ganga 650,000 na man fetur a kowace rana da kuma samar da kayayyakin man fetur na kowane iri, ciki har da man gasolina, dizal, man jiragen sama, da polypropylene.
Fadada da aka shirya zai kasance wani muhimmin mataki a cikin ƙoƙarin Dangote na haɓaka ƙarfin tace man fetur na cikin gida, rage dogaro da Najeriya kan shigo da man fetur, da kuma ƙarfafa matsayin ƙasar a kasuwar mai ta duniya.
