The House of Representatives has called for the provision of a railway track to connect the new Dangote Refinery in order to mitigate the traffic gridlock that may arise with the use of only road transportation around the Lekki axis of Lagos.
This followed the adoption of a motion by Akinola Moshood Kayode (APC, Lagos) at plenary Wednesday.
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He said, “Considering the usual heavy traffic situation on the Lekki axis of Lagos State, the influx of activities that the Dangote Refinery will bring would result in serious traffic congestion, hence an alternative means of transportation needs to be provided to prevent unending gridlocks.
“The Dangote Group is constructing a refinery in Lekki Free Zone in Lagos State, which is projected to be a 650,000 barrels per day, integrated refinery and petrochemical facility, and is expected to be Africa’s biggest oil refinery as well as the world’s biggest single-train facility upon completion.
“The refinery is expected to process a variety of light and medium grades of crude oil to produce Euro-V quality clean fuels including gasoline and diesel as well as jet fuel and polypropylene.”
The House mandated the committees on Works and Land Transport to ensure compliance.
