Dangote Refinery, NNPC Ltd. Forge Strategic Partnership to Boost Nigeria’s Energy Sector

• Dangote Petroleum Refinery & Petrochemicals (DPRP) and Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) are partnering to drive Nigeria’s energy transformation agenda.

• Aliko Dangote emphasised that DPRP and NNPC Ltd are not competitors but partners, citing the importance of collaboration between the two organizations.

The Dangote Petroleum Refinery & Petrochemicals (DPRP) has emphasised its commitment to collaboration with the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) in a bid to drive Nigeria’s energy transformation agenda.

This was disclosed during a courtesy visit by Aliko Dangote, President/Chief Executive Officer of Dangote Group, to Bashir Bayo Ojulari, Group Chief Executive Officer of NNPC Ltd.

According to Dangote, “There is no competition between us. We are not here to compete with NNPC Ltd. NNPC is part and parcel of our business, and we are also part of NNPC. This is an era of cooperation between the two organizations.”

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He congratulated Ojulari and his team on their recent appointments, expressing confidence in their ability to deliver.

In response, Ojulari expressed appreciation for the visit and reaffirmed NNPC Ltd’s commitment to a value-driven partnership with Dangote Group.

He praised the quality of personnel within NNPC Ltd, describing them as dedicated, highly skilled, and result-oriented professionals driven by a common purpose to deliver value to the nation.

Both Dangote and Ojulari committed to personally managing the relationship between their respective organizations, stressing their shared vision of leveraging collaboration to unlock new opportunities, strengthen energy infrastructure, and ensure sustainable economic development for Nigeria.

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The partnership between NNPC Ltd and Dangote Group is critical to Nigeria’s efforts to optimize refining capacity, reduce dependence on fuel imports, and promote self-sufficiency in energy production.

With Dangote Refinery’s production capacity of 650,000 barrels per day and NNPC’s strategic national role, a well-coordinated partnership could reshape Nigeria’s downstream landscape.