Africa's richest man, Aliko Dangote, has slammed all those who regularly accuse him of monopoly in Nigeria's industrial sector.

Speaking at a press briefing, he said such people don't invest in the country but are quick to accuse those who do of monopoly.

Dangote said this while speaking about his six-million-ton cement plant at Itori, Ogun State.

He said, "We are building a brand new six-million-ton plant at Itori, and it's hundred per cent export. Itori is not for Nigeria's market; it's for export.

"We are continuously going to invest in our country, nowhere else.

"Most of these people are sitting on the fence, instead of investing. Once we are there, they will start shouting 'Monopoly, monopoly'.

"In monopoly, you have to stop somebody or you have a system where you block other people. But we are not blocking anybody. There's what you call a pace setter. When we set the pace, others will see and...

'It's like before, we used to watch all these Maradona and co playing. Our players were not up to that. But right now, you look at the French team, most of them are black

'Today, when somebody like Burna Boy and Davido go and perform, you see eighty-five thousand people in the stadium. America cannot gather that crowd.

"So, there are so many possibilities of life. Once you have life, you should not have limited ambition.'

ASA