Aliko Dangote built the world’s largest single-train refinery, but he is not stopping there. His company has now begun preliminary work on a 10,000-hectare deep seaport at the Olokola Free Trade Zone in Ogun State, a project that signals a massive expansion into maritime infrastructure and export-driven industrialisation.
The proposed port, located in Ogun Waterside Local Government Area and extending toward Ilaje in Ondo State along the Atlantic coastline, is designed as a major logistics hub for exports, imports and regional trade. It will support exports of fertilisers, petrochemicals and refined petroleum products, and could eventually handle liquefied natural gas exports and heavy industrial equipment imports. The goal is to create an integrated industrial ecosystem that strengthens Nigeria’s competitiveness in regional and global trade.
A delegation led by the Managing Director of Infrastructure and Logistics, Captain Jamil Abubakar, has already visited host communities in both states to begin stakeholder engagements. The team met with traditional rulers including the Lenuwa of Ode-Omi, Oba Folailu Hassan, and the Alara of Araromi Seaside Kingdom, Oba Adeoloye Olawole. Both monarchs welcomed the project and approved the commencement of surveys and household enumeration. The Nigerian Navy Forward Operating Base in Igbokoda also expressed support.
