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Economic challenges, a wake-up call – Dangote

By BusinessNews Staff on February 17, 2015

The President, Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has urged Nigerians to see the current economic challenges as a wake-up call to build the nation through productive activities.

The business mogul said although the economic downturn was ravaging most countries of the world, including Nigeria, the situation was not insurmountable if properly addressed, adding that it should serve as a stepping stone to make the country strong economically.

Dangote, according to a statement on Sunday, told a delegation of cement distributors from across the country, who paid him a visit in his office in Lagos that Nigeria remained the destination of choice for investments despite the economic and security challenges.

He explained that with good support for the government of the day, the current challenges would soon be a thing of the past and Nigeria would come out stronger.

Dangote said, “I have always said it that Nigeria is a good place for investment. God has given us in Nigeria what many other countries don’t have and they keep searching for. We have got fertile land for agriculture, we have mineral resources and we have oil. All we need to do is to harness them for our good.

“The present challenges we are facing should not deter us from growing our economy. They shouldn’t stop us from investing. The current situation just a passing phase. Other countries referred to as developed started from somewhere. They all experienced some of these challenges in the past. So, I want us to see these challenges as obstacles towards attaining greatness.”

He told the distributors that it was for these reasons that he had continued to invest in the country’s economy, because “If Nigerians do not invest in their country, other people will not come. They will want to see our success story before they can come.”

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