Dangote speaks on elections, says there are better days ahead

Aliko Dangote, president of Dangote Group, says there are better
days ahead for the business community in Nigeria, despite the
elections ongoing in the country.

Dangote said there is a lot happening in Nigeria, and elections
did not deter his companies from investing in the country.

“I think from the business community, things are going to
continue to grow in terms of trajectory. When I say it; I mean
there are quite a lot of things that are happening in Nigeria,” he
told Channels TV.

“We didn’t really bother whether election period or not, we have
been investing heavily in the country and we would continue to
invest. I think we would have better days ahead.”

The businessman, who recently became one of the top 70
billionaires in the world, was listed as one of the members of
Muhammadu Buhari reelection campaign team.

Dangote, alongside Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, Bola Tinubu,
Adams Oshiomole, and billionaire businessman Femi Otedola were
named as members of a special advisory committee for Buhari’s
re-election.

Less than 24 hours after, Femi Adesina, special adviser to the
president on media and publicity, issued a statement saying
Dangote, as a member of the peace committee cannot be a member of
Buhari’s re-election team.

“It has become imperative to further clarify the status of
Alhaji Aliko Dangote, named under the sub-head ADVISORY MEMBERS in
the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council
announced on Friday, December 28, 2018,” Adesina said

“Africa’s richest man, not being a card-carrying member of APC,
cannot, and is not member of the PCC. He is also a member of the
Peace Committee, and thus cannot be in a partisan campaign
council.”

Dangote, as Africa’s richest man, is currently worth over $16
billion.