•By Halimah Olamide
Nigerian billionaire and businessman, Femi Otedola, has described Dangote’s refinery as the eight wonder of the world.
In a post on his verified X handle, the businessman felicitated with his friend, and chairman of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote on his refinery.
“Today I visited the 8th wonder of the world: the Dangote Oil Refinery, which just started production.
“Congratulations to my bestie @AlikoDangote on this tremendous feat! Guinness Book of Records for the world’s largest single train petroleum refinery in the world.
“History is made 👏🏾 🏆 …F.Ote💲”
The refinery is a 650,000 barrels per day (BPD) integrated project in the Lekki Free Zone near Lagos, Nigeria.
It began production on the 12th of January, 2023. On December 10, 2023.