Zamfara signs 1.5bn euro refinery project
The Zamfara State
governor, Mahmuda Aliyu Shinkafi, on Monday signed an agreement for the
construction of a petroleum refinery in Gusau, the state capital.
Mr Shinkafi, at a
ceremony to mark the beginning of the project, said the state
government was committed to the early completion of the project, in
spite of its financial constraints. He said that the project, which
would gulp 1.5 billion euro (about N270 billion), was awarded to an
internationally renowned petroleum engineering company, BSM -APCL-
Swinglehurst. According to him, the project is to be closely supervised
by the NNPC.
The governor
reiterated that the project was pivotal to industrial development of
the north western part of the country, and would provide job
opportunities and economic growth.
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