The President of the Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, says President Bola Tinubu’s Naira-for-crude policy will slash the demand for foreign exchange (forex) by 40 per cent.
Dangote said this on Tuesday at a press conference where he announced the commencement of the production of petrol at the Lagos-based 650,000 barrels per day facility.
Recall that in April, the Federal Government said indigenous refineries could buy crude oil in Naira or dollars.
Similarly, the government revealed the total crude oil and condensate reserves in Nigeria increased to 37.5 billion barrels as of January 1, with a life index of 68.01 years.
“I will like to salute the people of Nigeria and the government of President Bola Tinubu for creating the environment for us to thrive and also achieve this.
“I want to thank President Bola Tinubu for creating this idea of Naira-for-crude and Naira for the product.
“Doing that will give a lot of stability to the Naira and remove 40 percent of the demand for dollars. That’s not just it. There is (been) a lot of round-tripping,” he said.
