{"id":87637,"date":"2023-05-07T23:36:03","date_gmt":"2023-05-07T22:36:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/buhari-to-commission-dangote-650-000-refinery-on-may-22"},"modified":"2023-05-07T23:36:03","modified_gmt":"2023-05-07T22:36:03","slug":"buhari-to-commission-dangote-650-000-refinery-on-may-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/buhari-to-commission-dangote-650-000-refinery-on-may-22","title":{"rendered":"Buhari to commission Dangote 650, 000 refinery on May 22"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>President Muhammadu Buhari will on May 22 commission the Dangote Refinery in Lagos State.<\/p>\n<p>This was disclosed by Buhari\u2019s Special Assistant on Digital Communications, Bashir Ahmad.<\/p>\n<p>Ahmad said the 650,000 barrels per day refinery would boost the Federal Government\u2019s effort to make Nigeria self-sufficient.<\/p>\n<p>Tweeting, Ahmad wrote: \u201cEfforts by the Federal Government to make Nigeria self-sufficient in local refining of crude oil to save the scarce foreign exchange used in the importation of petroleum products have received a boost as the 650,000 barrels per day Dangote Refinery, the world\u2019s largest single-train refinery, is set for inauguration on May 22nd, 2023, by President Muhammadu Buhari.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Dangote Group announced plans to launch the refineries.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. President Muhammadu Buhari will on May 22 commission the Dangote Refinery in Lagos State. This was disclosed by Buhari\u2019s Special Assistant on Digital Communications, Bashir Ahmad. Ahmad said the 650,000 barrels per day refinery would boost the Federal Government\u2019s effort to make Nigeria self-sufficient. 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