₦airaland Forum

What bothers me is people who always whing that this great man only got there because of government patronage.
Abi Otedola, Otudeko, Adenuga, Iwuayanwu don't have access to government patronage ni? Off course they all do, question is, what have they all done with it!!

Aliko should be applauded and held up as a MODEL DETRIBALISED NIGERIAN, not repeatedly criticised for using government patronage to partly get to where he is today. Abi na government borrow am $9 Billion Dollars to build refinery ni? Certainly not! $3 Billion from his own pocket, and the rest borrowed from local and foreign banks. For over 50 years oyinbo man has taken Nigerian oil, and sold it back to us refined! They repeatedly promised to build refineries, promises that were never kept!!

This man has moved impossible milestones/mountains in Nigeria, be it within the agricultural, construction, oil & Gas etc, please name it Mallam Dangote is there, once he sees an opportunity and smells money!! Oga oga!

Those who criticise him, please pause and take stock of what this guy has achieved over a period of 30 years. No be politician money o!!

Further more, kindly take a trip to Dangote's company's website. Look at the calibre of people he employs, he ain got time to be trabalistic. The man goes for the best brains out there! If you know your onions, you certainly will be employed by his company.

He could easily as a northern, have located his oil refinery in the North of the country, instead Aliko located the soon to be built largest oil refinery in the whole of Africa in the South West of Nigeria, solely based on business and economic considerations. As a Yoruba man and a Nigerian, I carry bottom for the guy!!

Make una leave Aliko alone jare, if we had just 2 more Dangotes in Nigeria, our nation will certainly be a better place for us all.

What we should be praying and discussing is the hope that Mallam Aliko Dangote goes for the presidency of Nigeria. If he does, he has certainly got my vote in the bag, and i shall definitely be one of those knocking on people's doors to come out and vote for a real patriot!

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