The probe into Emefiele's tenure at the CBN is also central to the political battle between Aliko Dangote and President Tinubu's government which could determine the fate of the businessman's US$20 billion oil refinery the biggest industrial project in Africa...

Another intervention came from Aminu Alhassan Dantata a Kano businessman and uncle of Aliko Dangote Africa's wealthiest man...

To assist Aliko Dangote Africa's richest man the government has been selling subsidised foreign exchange to the refinery and the state oil company has taken an equity stake in the project and will guarantee supplies of fuel to it...

In other cases grand industrial projects were not enough to make a significant impact on growth – examples being Aliko Dangote's gargantuan oil refinery fertiliser and petrochemical plant in Nigeria and the Ethiopian government's agro-processing schemes (AC Vol 62 No 17 Energy law unsettles rentiers)...

Most outraged at the sudden move was Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote who had opened a large cement plant in Mtwara on government promises of cheap power (AC Vol 58 No 1 The power and the glory)...

A lobby of oil traders have seized on proposals introduced by legislators that they say will unduly benefit Aliko Dangote Nigeria's wealthiest businessman...