Dangote Writes Open Letter To Tinubu, Hails His Leadership And Achievements

Billionaire businessman and President of the Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has publicly praised President Bola Tinubu for has visionary leadership and achievements.

In an open letter titled “Appreciation”, Dangote commended Tinubu’s role in initiating major projects like the Bar Beach Land Reclamation, Eko Atlantic City, and several ongoing superhighway constructions.

The letter was shared on Wednesday by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, via his X (formerly Twitter) handle.

Dangote drew attention to the success of Eko Atlantic City, which now sits on 1,000 hectares of reclaimed land and is protected by a massive sea wall.

He said the project has helped stop coastal erosion in Victoria Island, providing space for homes, businesses, and recreation.

He compared the project’s success to the recent tragic floods in Kerr County, Texas, which claimed over 100 lives, emphasizing how proper planning can prevent disaster.

Beyond flood control, Dangote also commended the President for pushing forward long-awaited road projects like the Lagos-Calabar coastal highway and the Sokoto-Badagry superhighway.

He referred to the Sokoto-Badagry route as a revival of a nearly 50-year-old plan and praised Hitech Construction Company for executing the work.

Dangote further compared Nigeria’s land reclamation success to the Netherlands’ efforts in Zeeland, where the Dutch turned submerged areas into farmland and livable communities through smart water management.

Aliko Dangote: “OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT BOLA AHMED TINUBU GCFR: APPRECIATION

Your Excellency, I would like to express my deep appreciation to you for your visionary leadership and farsightedness on the Bar Beach Land Reclamation project in Victoria Island, Lagos State. Through this project, begun a process which has transformed a coastline that was once prone to incessant floods, to an emerging new district, with a defining skyline and a receptacle for direct investment and socioeconomic growth ever since its conception in 2008.

Asiwaju of Africa, your foresightedness is even more visible in view of the tragic incident in Kerr County, Texas, USA where over 100 lives have sadly been lost to flash flooding.

In the case of the Eko Atlantic City project spawned by you, a modern city spanning 1,000 hectares, protected by an 8.5-kilometre-long sea wall, protecting Victoria Island from coastal erosion and giving birth to a dwelling constructed from new land created through sand dredging from the Atlantic Ocean.

Your Excellency, this success story, which is now being used for residential, business, and recreational purposes, is amongst your many legacies, and those of us who live in Victoria Island are much better off for it.

I applaud your exemplary intervention in ending the era of ocean surge and in continuously tackling the issue of perennial flooding affecting areas such as Ahmadu Bello Way, Akin Adesola Street, Bishop Oluwole Street, Amodu Ojikutu Street, Adetokunbo Ademola Street and Karimu Kotun Street, among others.

Mr. President, you added another feat by kickstarting the Lagos-Calabar coastal highway and the Sokoto-Badagry superhighway—significantly enriching the country’s stock of infrastructure while improving the national road network linking Nigeria’s six geo-political zones.

The latter of the two, being a resurrection of a 48-year-old project and both being handled by a first-rate construction and civil engineering firm in Hitech Construction Company Limited.

Indeed, Your Excellency, your inspired move recalls a similar methodology in a land reclamation process in Zeeland, Netherlands, where submerged land was transformed into usable, dry land, primarily for agriculture and settlement.

This practice, which was applied to combat flooding, is a testament to the Dutch ingenuity and perseverance in managing water resources and creating a habitable landscape in a challenging environment. The same ethos resonates in the Bar Beach project, for which I salute you!

For all of us at Dangote Industries Limited, as we commiserate with the families of those who died in the Texas flooding incident, we are also grateful for your compassionate and visionary leadership, which has provided huge, consistent support for our businesses and enabled a more prosperous nation for the collective good.

Our dear nation has also suffered significant losses in lives and property due to rising sea levels and incidents of flash flooding.

In honor of your vision, the Aliko Dangote Foundation will soon be announcing plans of contributing to a Climate Fund that will target those vulnerable parts of our country which are susceptible to this natural disaster.

Your Excellency, I pray that the Almighty Allah (S.W.T.) would continue to increase your wisdom, burnish your vision and inspire you to greater heights of success for the benefit of all Nigerians.

“Thank you very much, Asiwaju!”

Reacting to the letter, Bayo Onanuga said Dangote’s remarks offered “an honest assessment of Tinubu’s leadership, contrasts sharply with opposition claims that the president has achieved nothing in the past two years.”

KanyiDaily recalls that Aliko Dangote previously revealed why Nigeria won’t see economic growth under President Bola Tinubu.