Nigeria, Sept. 18 -- Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals FZE plans to double its labour force to meet its target of doubling its processing capacity by 2029.

"Well, within the refinery, the workforce will practically become double, except in the water treatment section, because there we already have substantial capacity," Edwin Devakumar, vice president, oil & gas and fertiliser at Dangote Industries Limited, told journalists at the refinery in Lagos on Friday.

He observed that labour expansion in the transport segment might not be significant, except in the case of an increase in local consumption.

"Obviously, we don't expect a substantial increase in the consumption of petrol and diesel within the country in the short term,...