Dangote: I live in a rented apartment in Abuja . Africa's richest man, Aliko Dangote, has said the house he lives in when he is in the Nigerian capital is not his personal property. While...
Africa's richest man, Aliko Dangote, has said the house he lives in when he is in the Nigerian capital is not his personal property.
Addressing the media at the Dangote Oil Refinery in Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos State on Sunday, Dangote said his passion for an industrialised Nigeria was the only reason he did not have any houses outside Nigeria.
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He revealed that he once owned a house in London and revealed that he sold it in 1996.
"The reason I don't have a house in London or the United States is purely because I wanted to focus on industrialisation in Nigeria.
"I thought if I had these houses, there would be one reason or the other to visit these places and distract myself.
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In her closing remarks, the Group Executive Director of Business Operations, Fatima Dangote, commended Mr Dangote for never giving up on the Nigerian dream.
He added: "I have never seen anyone as hardworking as my father. Sometimes I wonder how he never gives up.
"I wish we had a few more men like my father in Nigeria, the country would be a better place," he said.
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