•Kenya President William Ruto (2nd-R) and President of the Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote (2nd-L) at Dangote Refinery, yesterday
President of Kenya, William Ruto, has described the Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals FZE as a huge achievement that shows what African governments, investors and financial institutions can do together.
Ruto stated this after touring the refinery in Lekki, Lagos State, yesterday, reports Channels TV.
“The refinery in Nigeria is a massive investment with a crude oil refining capacity of 700,000 barrels a day and produces more than 100 million litres of petrol, diesel and aviation fuel every day,” he stated on his official X handle.
“The company has built 120km of sea cables to move crude from ships to the refinery. This huge achievement is a testament of what African governments, investors and financial institutions can do together.”
Ruto, however, said that the construction of the refinery, which would be launched in Kenya next week, would be bigger and create 60,000 jobs.
“It will transform the petroleum sector in our country and region, providing fuel reliability and security, scaling up industrialisation and creating 60,000 jobs.
“When the refinery is completed, spin off industries will emerge, including the production of fertilisers, chemicals, and packaging,” he added.
Located in the Lekki Free Trade Zone, the refinery was inaugurated in May 2023 after nearly a decade of construction and an investment of approximately $20 billion.
In February 2026, the facility became the world’s largest single-train refinery and Africa’s biggest refining complex when it reached its full processing capacity of 650,000 barrels of crude oil per day.
Earlier in September, the refinery offered for subscription a total of 4.1 billion ordinary shares will be offered at ₦525 per share, with the company seeking to raise about ₦2.2tn from investors.
It fixed the minimum subscription for its Initial Public Offering (IPO) at 10 ordinary shares, equivalent to ₦5,250.
