₦airaland Forum

Emeskhalifa:
Just an honest question that needs an honest answer

Why can't these refineries be built in other states of the country?

Lagos is extremely congested already while other states literally have nothing

Okoroawusa:
After now someone will come and say it's because Lagos was a federal capital many years ago like Calabar and Lokoja were not once capitals. When you catch them on that one they will change and tell you it's because Lagos is by the sea like Port Harcourt, Warri, and many coastal cities in Nigeria are not by the sea.

SonOfDSoil01:
so you will tell a private investor where to invest its money? So why re most ibos also leaving their region undeveloped to go and deverop ragos? This is the result of nzobu nzobu and no investor want to have their investment burnt down by some miscreant just because they want Biafra

Emeskhalifa:
Just an honest question that needs an honest answer

Why can't these refineries be built in other states of the country?

Lagos is extremely congested already while other states literally have nothing

mactoni91:
Refinery wey Omo oni le go still tell owner to go back to their village

Great100000:
Source: https://nairametrics.com/2025/12/11/lagos-set-for-second-private-refinery-as-government-confirms-new-investor-talks/

lilsmart:
the sheer scale of machinery for massive industrial projects like refineries makes Lagos's ports the only feasible entry point, as their unique capacity and heavy lift capabilities are unmatched elsewhere.


You remember di wahala wey dem see to carry Dangote him machines just from Lagos port go site for Lekki? Dat one na for inside Lagos sef! To carry dat kain load from Lagos port another state of Naija go be like to climb mountain with bicycle.

So, because investor no wan wahala, dem all dey rush Lagos, dey choke di city. Na why?

Emeskhalifa:
Just an honest question that needs an honest answer

Why can't these refineries be built in other states of the country?

Lagos is extremely congested already while other states literally have nothing

mactoni91:
Refinery wey Omo oni le go still tell owner to go back to their village

Osiris12:
As delta state don use cultists chase away all the expatriates. The problem of delta state is the people living there

Osiris12:
As delta state don use cultists chase away all the expatriates. The problem of delta state is the people living there

Osiris12:
As delta state don use cultists chase away all the expatriates. The problem of delta state is the people living there

Umueme:
Nice one. As long as they pay their taxes; since the government owned ones won’t work, let private investors take over then. Hopefully, price of crude oil products will reduce soonest

SonOfDSoil01:
besides that, investors are looking for a safe and conducive environment for their business and only lagos and by extension SW provides that. The dangote refinery was initially planned for Ogun state like they rightly said but as a reason of politic played by the former governor of ogun state and other factor, Ogun missed the opportunity. There is also another refinery being planned in Ondo state and Ogun state will also be having a sea port about to be constructed by dangote and it is no surprise that Ogun also as the highest number of industries in Nigeria, all this because of a safe environment and accommodating nature of the Yorubas who are peace loving people and progressives which some clowns misconstrue to be cowardice. But that as earn the SW the destination choice of investors and multinationals

mactoni91:
Refinery wey Omo oni le go still tell owner to go back to their village

stuffs2002:
Lagos just dey give enemies uppercut upandan

2elliot:
Just imagine that it is Igbo land that all these refineries are springing up when they do not have the oil needed to run them and they are banking on the oil from South south, everyone would have opposed them. Today, the same south south that was shouting our oyel our oyel to the Igbos, have all kept quiet as the yaribas and the hawusa foolanis pillage the oil resources with reckless abandon.
Let the south south continue fooling themselves and be seeing the Igbos as their enemies, while the south west continue using the oil to industrialise their region and leave them behind.

lilsmart:
1. Safety has nothing to do with it Because in those regions you claim are unsafe they still have Industries Even if it's not big. safety is safety.

Let me Use this as an example. If you have free plot Directly behind Your current house you are living And the land is unkept and Bushy You would definitely be expecting reptiles and rodent But as soon as you develop that property They Vanish

This tells you that development bring peace and Calmness to a society

2. The people of Ogun didn't misse the opportunity. They still have their land and can develop it any they want to.

Note: Them no dey catch late comers for development matter

Emeskhalifa:
Just an honest question that needs an honest answer

Why can't these refineries be built in other states of the country?

Lagos is extremely congested already while other states literally have nothing

amazingspiderma:
I pity all the Southern governors who decamp to APC with nothing to show their people.

They will tell you revenue, but no national projects presence .

At least the Southsouth and Southeast should have gotten a refinery each to show benefit for decamping.

Building a second refinery in Lagos with no proven commercial well.

Dangote imports crude oil to refine in Lagos and sell to all regions.
These SS and SW governors are the dumbest set we have ever produced.

SS and SE will never learn.

Great100000:
Source: https://nairametrics.com/2025/12/11/lagos-set-for-second-private-refinery-as-government-confirms-new-investor-talks/

sreamsense:
True, you have what it takes except the volatility nature of many biafrans and ipob/ESN way of thinking. Once you conquer ipob/ESN totally and bury the idea of Biafra from the lip of every individual that usually make some biafrans become hostile unexpectedly, then; you are ready