Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, has said the house he stays in whenever he is in the Federal Capital Territory is not his personal property but a rented one. While speaking at a media parley at the Dangote Petroleum Refinery in Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos State, on Sunday, July 14, Dangote said his passion for an industrialised Nigeria is the sole reason he doesn’t have houses outside Nigeria. He revealed that he once had a home in London, disclosing that he sold it in 1996. “I don’t have a London or America house because I wanted to focus on industrialization in Nigeria. I figured that if I had those houses, there would be one reason or the other for me to visit those places causing distraction for me. I am very passionate about the Nigeria dream and apart from my Lagos house, I have another one in my home state Kano and a rented one in Abuja,” he revealed.
Nigeria will be a better place if we have a few more men like my father - Fatima Aliko Dangote
Fatima Dangote has said that Nigeria would be a better place if there were a few more men like her father, Aliko Dangote. Fatima, who spoke at a media session hosted at the Dangote Petroleum Refinery in Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos State, lauded her father’s steadfast pursuit of the Nigerian dream. She expressed admiration for his resilience and echoed a wish for more visionary leaders like him in the country, believing their collective efforts could significantly enhance Nigeria’s future. “I have not seen anyone as hardworking as my father, sometimes I wonder how he never gives up,” she said. “I wish we had a few more men like my father in Nigeria, the country will be a better place."