Nigeria: How Oil Mafia Fought Hard to Stop My Refinery - Aliko Dangote

Aliko Dangote revealed that entrenched interests benefiting from Nigeria's fuel import subsidy regime tried to block the construction of his $20 billion refinery. These groups, referred to as a 'mafia', delayed access to project land and sought to preserve a lucrative subsidy system. Despite these obstacles, the refinery employed 67,000 people during its construction.