Africas richest person,Alhaji AlikoDangote, has applied to begin work on a seaport near his fertilizer and oil refinery plants to make it easier to export goods including liquefied natural gas and support the rapid growth of his industrial empire.
Aliko Dangotes plan to build the biggest, deepest port in Nigeria, took wings after he sent in the paperwork for permission in late June, he said in an interview in Lagos.
According to Bloomberg, the proposed Atlantic seaport in Olokola, Ogun state, lies about 100 kilometers 62 miles by road from the billionaires fertilizer plant and petrochemicals refinery in Lagos.
The agency said Dangote currently exports urea and fertilizer through an on-site jetty he built that also receives heavy equipment for the refinery.