Lagos, Nigeria – The Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, Amina Mohammed, has lauded the pivotal role of Dangote Fertiliser Limited in addressing Africa’s growing food security challenges, speaking during a visit to the company’s industrial complex in Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos.
Okay News reports that Mohammed emphasized the need for stronger global partnerships to scale solutions across the continent. She stated that the UN’s job is to amplify and put visibility on the possibilities of mitigating a food security crisis, and Dangote’s operations represent one such scalable intervention.
Africa has faced persistent food security challenges worsened by external shocks, including fertiliser shortages, rising costs, climate-related shocks, and geopolitical tensions. Against this backdrop, Dangote Industries has expanded its role, leveraging its industrial and refinery capacities to provide critical inputs for food production and energy stability.
Aliko Dangote, President and Chief Executive of Dangote Industries, detailed that the company has increased exports of urea fertiliser to countries affected by supply disruptions. The refinery has shipped about 17 cargoes of petrol to African nations, leveraging its 650,000 barrels per day capacity to stabilise supply.
The World Bank reports that the food-insecure population in Africa has increased by 60 percent over the past ten years. The Federal Government has raised concerns that about 161 million Nigerians are currently food insecure, even as it intensifies efforts to avert an impending food and nutrition crisis.
This food security partnership highlights the strategic significance of Dangote’s operations in tackling food shortages and strengthening agricultural resilience across the continent.
