By Fatima Saka
The Dangote Fertiliser Plant, in Lagos, has commenced exportation of Urea-based fertiliser to the U.S, India, Brazil, Mexico and Argentina.
The Executive Director, Strategy Capital Projects and Portfolio Development, Dangote Group, Devakumar Edwin, made this known this on Sunday, when the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed led a team journalists on a working tour to Dangote Fertiliser Plant in Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos.
The minister and his team also took a tour of the Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals also located at the Free Trade Zone of Lagos State in Ibeju Lekki.
Speaking on, Edwin said the newly constructed jetty for the urea export, the plant has the capacity to meet the 1.5 million metric tonnes per annum current level of fertiliser consumption of Nigeria and also export the product.
He said the Dangote Urea, made from natural gas is an export quality product with global standard, hence the demand for it in the global market.
Edwin further assured that the plant would continue to meet local demand of the product with affordable price in order to make Nigeria self-reliant in food production.
Recall that President Muhammadu Buhari on March 22 inaugurated the Dangote Fertiliser Plant which is Africa’s largest granulated Urea fertiliser complex to produce three million metric tonnes per annum in the first phase.
