Chai! You go hear am as billionaire Femi Otedola don drop beta gist wey go shock you!
Na him talk say naira fit dey trade below ₦1,000 for dollar before this year go end. The man sabi wetin e dey yarn as e dey follow the big moves wey Aliko Dangote refinery dey make.
The Dangote Petroleum Refinery don reach full capacity of 650,000 barrels per day, and Otedola no fit hide im excitement for Twitter wey dem dey call X. The naira don dey wax stronger recently, wey make am dey around ₦1,354 for official market, and ₦1,430–₦1,440 for parallel market, wetin be beta news for we wey dey hustle.
As Otedola yan, “This na transformational time for Nigeria and Africa. Wetin Dangote dey do fit make us dey produce 75 million litres of Premium Motor Spirit daily. Na so e go change our energy game and save our foreign exchange.”
Seriously, if we fit dey refine our own oil, phwa! This na huge step away from dey always import oil wey dey chop our money anyhow. Otedola dey very optimistic say naira go strong well well, and e even talk say make everybody eyes dey shine because naira fit ease pass under ₦1,000 per dollar.
But wait first, e no stop for there o! Otedola also yan say Dangote dey plan another $12 billion expansion wey go make refining capacity jump to 1.4 million barrels per day. He even drop extra gist say dem go dey produce 2.4 million tonnes of polypropylene, and 400,000 metric tonnes of linear alkyl benzene wey dey used for detergent. Na wah!
As if e no too plenty, the Central Bank of Nigeria dey try bring stability to our forex wahala wey dey disturb market. Dem don dey implement beta moves to improve liquidity and bridge the gap wey dey between official and parallel rates, so make we dey expect better days ahead.
Otedola don highlight wetin plenty people dey think – say na better time for Nigeria to shine for the world market. Hope say all these good moves go land us for greener pastures, as we dey look forward to future wey bright pass Nigerian sun.
So my people, ready your mind for wetin dey come because if naira fit follow Otedola talk, e fit shine bright in 2026!
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