By Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja
President Bola Tinubu has described the appointment of Alhaji Aliko Dangote, the President of Dangote Group to the World Bank’s Private Sector Investment Lab, a body tasked with promoting investment and job creation in emerging economies as apt.
President Tinubu said this in a congratulatory message to the business mogul on Wednesday on the World Bank’s appointment.
The President, in a statement by Bayo Onanuga, his spokesperson, said Dangote’s appointment is apt, given Dangote’s rich private sector experience, strategic investments, and many employment opportunities created through his Dangote Group.
The President further noted in the statement that the Dangote Group became one of Africa’s leading conglomerates through innovation and continuous investment.
“Dangote Group’s business interests span cement, fertiliser, salt, sugar, oil, and gas. However, the $20 billion Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals remains Africa’s most daring project and most significant single private investment,” the President
President Tinubu therefore urged the business mogul to bring to bear on the World Bank appointment his transformative ideas and initiatives to impact the emerging markets across the world fully.
The World Bank announced appointment of Africa’s richest man on Wednesday as part of a broader expansion of its Private Sector Investment Lab. The lab now enters a new phase aimed at scaling up solutions to attract private capital and create jobs in the developing world.
The CEO of Bayer AG, Bill Anderson, the Chair of Bharti Enterprises, Sunil Bharti Mittal, and the President and CEO of Hyatt Hotels Corporation, Mark Hoplamazian, are on the Private Sector Investment Lab with Dangote.
The World Bank said the expanded membership brings together business leaders with proven track records in generating employment in developing economies, supporting the Bank’s focus on job creation as a central pillar of global development.
