Gbadebo calls out Sanwo-Olu over $100bn Dangote Refinery land deal

The governorship candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in Lagos State in the 2023 general elections, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, has called out Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State over the $100 billion paid by the Dangote Group to acquire land in the Lagos Free Trade Zone in Lekki, for the building of the Dangote Refinery.

Rhodes-Vivour highlighting projects such amount of money would have provided for the host community, Ibeju Lekki, and its environs, questioned what the Lagos State Government did with the fund realized from the Dangote Refinery land deal.

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According to Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, @GRVlagos “imagine what $100 million could have done for the Ibeju Lekki community and environs.

“These communities have the worst set of roads and other basic infrastructure, poor health care services, and low investments in human capital development.

“That money could have been invested in dikes and mechanical drainage systems to manage the impact of floods.

“A good part of this amount could have built a tram to connect Ibeju all the way to CMS opening up the entire corridor to more investments.

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“It could have built a hospitality management school to empower young people with the right skills to flourish in the hospitality sector – the fastest growing sector in Lekki.

“Unfortunately, nothing has changed in those communities.

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“Dangote still had to construct the road to his refinery. He still had to build his own power plant and other infrastructure and social services that the government had failed to provide.

“So, what happened to the $100 million dollars.

“This is certainly not how to run the largest economy in West Africa.”

The President of the Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, had in the midst of the feud with the federal government revealed that he did not get any incentive from the government at the state and federal levels, saying that the group paid $100 million to acquire the land for the building of the refinery.