ALIKO Dangote To Build New Power Plants InNorthern Nigeria

Good feats like this only help to build internal growth, more of this should be encouraged and executed.
Naij reports that Aliko Dangote, the president of Dangote Group of Companies, has promised to build a 500 megawatt power plant for Kano, Katsina, Jigawa and Kaduna states. Africa’s richest man disclosed this in his address at the 36th

Kano Trade Fair held in Kano.
He was represented at the event by the executive
director shareholders management, Engineer Mansur
Ahmad.
Dangote was quoted as saying that power plant is a
intentional attempt to support local economy and
wealth creation.
He added that without power manufacture and
commerce will cripple and businesses will enormously
decrease and that has been the situation in Kano for
decades, saying anything to be done to bring back
such would have to be done now than anytime.
The executive director disclosed that they were now
discussing with the Kano state government on the
500 mega watt power supply and final deal will be
signed in few weeks to come.
Dangote reportedly has been giving support to areas
of health and education in Kano and in the next few
weeks they are going to commission six out of the
health care facilities constructed and were completed
to Kano government.
Engr. Ahmad noted that Dangote has built over a
hundred borehole across the state and the theater
health facility at Murtala Muhammad Specialist
Hospital which was postponed due to design
discrepancies and would soon be take off.
Millions of Nigerians are experiencing low power
supply in the country in spite of the huge amount of
money the Federal Government has spent to improve
electricity supply.