Organised labour hails Dangote on investment drive

Following his fresh investments in automobile and agriculture, the organized labour in the country has commended Alhaji Aliko Dangote, President and the Chief Executive of Dangote Group, for promoting investments and creating thousands of direct and indirect youth employments across the country and in Africa.

According to labour, Dangote’s patriotism remains unparalleled, as his investments in many sectors have been a key driving factor in promoting Nigeria’s economy.

The Secretary General of the National Textile Garment Workers Union, Comrade Issa Aremu, speaking on the sideline of the 5th Triennial National Delegates Conference of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) in Abuja, where he represented former Edo governor, Adams Oshiomhole, as the guest speaker, lamented that over damage being done to the economy by those who prefer to stash their money abroad.

He maintained that Nigeria would have been an industrial giant in Africa, if the nation could boast of more Dangotes whose preoccupation had been aggressive investment as well as job creation for the teeming populace. 

Aremu, a member of the National Executive Council (NEC) of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) also commended other compatriots who he said joined Dangote “in obedience to the clarion call of the opening stanza of the national anthem “Arise oh Compatriots” by rising in defence of national unity in the wake of discordant and divisive voices by some misguided youths”.

Commenting on the ongoing construction of the world class Refinery and Petrochemicals in Lagos State by Dangote, the labour leaders said Nigeria was blessed to have an astute business man like Dangote who would venture into business terrain regardless of the risks involved.

“Little wonder other African leaders are courting his friendship so that he could extend his investments into their countries. I don’t think there is any other Nigerian with much investment in and outside the country like Dangote. I understand he has his companies in 15 African countries. We in the labour movement are proud of him”, Aremu stated.

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