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harmargedon:
to what ratio of indians?

That should tell you that Indians have more hands on technical expertise than Nigerians.

budaatum:
Looks like Devakumar is a builder, and not a manager. Different skills set.

Sad though, that Dangote could not find a Nigerian.

If you want to get something done, don't employ Nigeria as your manager. Just look at NNPC, Ajaokuta Steel. I will suggest that all ministries should consider hiring foreign staff.


Congrat Dangote

The real owners don dey show face Small small.

Karlifate:
That should tell you that Indians have more hands on technical expertise than Nigerians.

funny, listen to dangotes interview when he was asked why he used Indians instead of Nigerians and then you'll quote me.

aribisala0:
So what?
That some is true once means it is always true?

funny

aribisala0:
They are not the same
They are in different businesses one is upstream and another is downstream

I can speak about. SHELL

the SHELL CEO tends to rise through the ranks over decades. Even at that they bring in a technical director to oversee operations

Dangote refinery is a single Mega operation unlike SHELL that does several different upstream activities across several Niger Delta states while the CEO. IS IN. LAGOS
REPEAT LAGOS.

The CEO does not directly oversee daily operations

so no Nigerian has risen up the ranks to become one?

Goodlady:
Nigerians o.
Dango remember ya country men. Try them for two years and see the difference.

The ones that you've been trying at nnpc?

harmargedon:
so no Nigerian has risen up the ranks to become one?

If that is what you read

Poster boy CEO….very good for the optics on the international scene

helinues:
Over a decade ago, I read somewhere how to make money without doing anything. I actually thought it was real I until I started reading the article .

Before you can make money without doing anything, you must have done something to warrant that. Then I started something, spent time, spent resources for a decade to build whatever. It took a decade to start bringing something effortlessly.

The point is, no short cut to success, forget about the story of an overnight fortune, to make real money and be successful, you must work your way smartly.

Back to the Dangote's new CEO, the man can never be jobless as he had done things in the past to be giving him different appointments.

No time to start than now.

Congratulations

True

gr8ofnnetwork:
Dangote is the President of Dangote groups that encompasses all his production lines.

Mr Edwin D (the Indian guy that has been with Dangote for over 33years) has been and remains as the Vice President, Dangote Groups.

The new CEO of Dangote Refinery (Mr Bird) is just an arm of Dangote Groups. Someone else is the CEO of Dangote Sugar, Dangote Cement, Dangote Fertilizer, Dangote Tomatoes, Dangote Rice, and the soon to be launched, Dangote Electricity and Motors.

Hope this is clear.


Dr Edwin remains with Dangote forever. He is an indispensable ally of Dangote success.

I'm not even up to 30, imagine dedicating over 30 years of ur your life to someone's business.

Enice:
What will now be the position of that Indian man? What's his name again, Devakumar Edwin

David Bird will be reporting to Devakumar Edwin

Enice:
Oga, stop talking rubbish. Go to google and check the profile of Devakumar Edwin, his job description clashed with that of the new CEO. That was why I asked that question. Would Mr Devakumar be relieved of some duties! That's the question.

someone above has answered ur question, why do u still want to be oblivious of facts despite several ppl telling what is well known about the guy.

treesun:
https://www.thecable.ng/dangote-refinery-appoints-david-bird-ex-shell-executive-as-ceo/

And the man face come resemble one smart bird like dat

Ashawoman82:
I'm not even up to 30, imagine dedicating over 30 years of ur your life to someone's business.

Honestly, the day I saw the guy's profile on LinkedIn, I immediately did some retrospection about my commitment to work. Have changed more than 4 jobs in the past 15 years of my life. Unfortunately, that is the ways of the late mid/late millennials and Genzs.
Personally, I need to do better and get dedicated to my work

sulaak:
If you want to get something done, don't employ Nigeria as your manager. Just look at NNPC, Ajaokuta Steel. I will suggest that all ministries should consider hiring foreign staff.


Congrat Dangote

You won't believe, that I still hold onto this view that some of our Ministries/Ministerial Positions should be outsourced to outsiders. E.g:
Defense: Russian/Israeli
Economy: Chinese/USA
Agric: Israeli/Ukrainian
Railway/Transport: Chinese
Marine/Blue Economy: Norway/Chinese
Aviation: Singapore/Qatar
Oil &Gas: Saudi Arabia/UAE
Power& Energy: Finland/Sweden

For the past 30years, the indigenous handlers has shown that they are not good manager.
I wish the FG/President can do this by outsourcing those ministries including the Ministers.

gr8ofnnetwork:
Honestly, the day I saw the guy's profile on LinkedIn, I immediately did some retrospection about my commitment to work. Have changed more than 4 jobs in the past 15 years of my life. Unfortunately, that is the ways of the late mid/late millennials and Genzs.
Personally, I need to do better and get dedicated to my work

bro I Don pray to work that long but considering this man, he us a success story... I'm. Sure he worth millions of $..

SmartPolician:
Congratulations to David Bird. Dangote clearly needed a Caucasian for the role probably for business reasons. If not, there are many qualified Nigerians who can do the job.

Which Nigeria with experience that can run his refinery?
That the reason we are not developing as a country putting wrong people in a position they are not qualified to be because they are related to you or tribesmen.

ClearFlair:
He went for competence and experience. Meanwhile some people here support incompetence everyday. They are definitely not like Dangote and they will never build an empire like him

Incompetence like that Agulu Master.

harmargedon:
take it from me, there are Nigerians home and abroad with the experience. He's using whites not because the Nigerians can't do it, but they see it as a way to boost their economy by bringing themselves and retaining their importance in the country. By so doing, they are telling the people that Nigerians are incapable. imagine Indians here programing PLC all the way from India, and while i was speaking to someone in engineering field that Nigerians have people that could do the same, he didn't believe until he made his research.

Who are these Nigerians who have managed multinational refinery projects across the world?

Did you read Mr Bird's profile?

Ashawoman82:
I'm not even up to 30, imagine dedicating over 30 years of ur your life to someone's business.

Nothing wrong with it. Why do we have this belief that everyone MUST be an entrepreneur? Some people are at their best working in structured organisations owned by another person. You nor I are richer or more connected than the Indian or those programmers at top software companies.

budaatum:
Looks like Devakumar is a builder, and not a manager. Different skills set.

Sad though, that Dangote could not find a Nigerian.

Nigerian to head refinery...like are u joking?This job comes wit experience.Dont u see d man resume?he headed in qatar

Tolu2024:
Which Nigeria with experience that can run his refinery?
That the reason we are not developing as a country putting wrong people in a position they are not qualified to be because they are related to you or tribesmen.

We really dont hav respect for competence n professionalism.They tink this is nnpc where any idiot will be given appointment to run without d required experience

Gerrard59:
Who are these Nigerians who have managed multinational refinery projects across the world?

Did you read Mr Bird's profile?

Top execs at nnpc during obsanjo tenure

budaatum:
Looks like Devakumar is a builder, and not a manager. Different skills set.

Sad though, that Dangote could not find a Nigerian.

some Nigerians could compromise and sabotage his effort, that is even secondary. But have you seen this man's CV?? NO BETTER PERSON DESERVE IT LIKE HIM

Metrofox:
The ones that you've been trying at nnpc?

Moderators comman ban this person for like 7 years.

harmargedon:
the thing is dangote doesn't trust Nigerians and i don't blame him, because i have had first hand experience on how an average nigerian can ruin a persons business.

Ahhh bad eggs dull everywhere naa and good eggs full Nigeria.

iLegendd:
They'll pretend for two years until you relax your guard and they strike. It'll only work if he also hires VDM to checkmate them once every two months.

Even VDM has been compromised on his case of the late musician. He's not real anyways.

Vision101:
A global business to apply trial and error? This isn't government appointment where sentiment is the rule.

As how?
Is hiring a Nigerian as head of his business a trial and error? Naso dem worst reach?

DisGuy:
Two years is enough to cripple a business. Plus this is a refinery with international dimension. Hardly heard about a Nigerian managing an international refinery. NNPC refineries don't count.

Naso Nigerians worst reach?

bassdow:
...but plenty of the Country men no gree make e drink water drop cup

Naso Nigerians worst reach?

harmargedon:
he does not trust a Nigerian for that position, from my end, i have seen what an average nigerian have done to peoples businesses. it would seem like they were sent to destroy you, all they care about is how to cash out from the owner

GOD bless you for this post.

Many are commenting from the place of sentiments and emotion.

When it comes to business, the two shouldn't be allowed, else the business will run down.

Gerrard59:
Nothing wrong with it. Why do we have this belief that everyone MUST be an entrepreneur? Some people are at their best working in structured organisations owned by another person. You nor I are richer or more connected than the Indian or those programmers at top software companies.

Oga rest, we are on the same page, I'm just amazed at the Indian guy's level of loyalty to dangote... Of course that dude is far rich than 70% of entrepreneurs in Nigeria considering his income and stakes in DIL...

Goodlady:
Moderators comman ban this person for like 7 years.

Ahhh bad eggs dull everywhere naa and good eggs full Nigeria.

Even VDM has been compromised on his case of the late musician. He's not real anyways.

As how?
Is hiring a Nigerian as head of his business a trial and error? Naso dem worst reach?

Naso Nigerians worst reach?

Naso Nigerians worst reach?

Smart one, tell me why NEPA, NICON, NNSL, NITEL, Nigerian Airways, and many more were privatized?

harmargedon:
Smart one, tell me why NEPA, NICON, NNSL, NITEL, Nigerian Airways, and many more were privatized?

Where are you going to do the argument on those sales?
In court, Abuja, Enugu, Borno or Warri?
Russia or Ukraine?
Hamas or Israel?
Syria or Lebanon?
Congo or Somali?
Nairaland or X?
Are you rich?