Ebun Francis || Africa’richestst man and President of Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote has once again distanced him self from the rumours making the rounds in the both the media and political circles that he will be a candidate in 2019 presidential election on the platform of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP).
The multi billionaire Business man in an interview with Daily times distanced him self from reports that he had been shortlisted by the opposition PDP to be its flag bearer in 2019 presidential election, insisting he is only a business man with the passion to create Jobs.
According to him, “I am an entrepreneur. My passion is to create jobs for Nigerians and not otherwise.”
“I am not interested in politics and this is authoritative. No member of any think tank committee has contacted me. people should stop dropping my name for the 2019 presidency.
“I also seize this opportunity to warn name droppers to desist from their infamous act. They should stop using my name for politics.”
The African richest man blamed people jealous of his business exploits of attempting to cause friction between him and the President, whom he described as his father.
“This whole thing is an attempt by people who do not like me. They are doing all these with a view to putting me on a collision course with President Muhammadu Buhari and the ruling party. They are people who are jealous of the successes I have so far recorded in business,” he said.
“My passion is for business development, provision of jobs and wealth creation, not politics. I have never shown interest in politics. I’m not interested in politics. I am not a politician. My passion has always been business and business.
“Buhari is like a father to me. Nobody should try to set me on a collision course with President Buhari. That will not work. I have high regard and respect for the president.
“For emphasis once again, I am not a politician. I can’t and won’t confront President Buhari. They should leave me out of any high wire politics and horse trading.
“By the time the ongoing Dangote refinery in Lagos and the sugar projects come on stream fully, there will be a great positive development and thousands of jobs created that will change the narrative in the country. That is my passion.”