Dangote Walvis Bay terminal still awaits environmental clearance

Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote’s N$41-billion fuel storage terminal and pipeline at Walvis Bay is still awaiting an environmental clearance certificate, a week after its groundbreaking ceremony. Dangote Group conducted the groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of the project on 70 hectares of Farm 58 land east of Walvis Bay. The event was officiated by Dangote himself and president Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, who announced that the project would be under her office for close supervision. Excel Dynamic Solutions (EDS), the independent environmental assessment company appointed for the proposed facility on Farm 58, has confirmed to The Namibian that the environmental clearance certificate