Tuesday, July 23, 2024 -The Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, Mele Kyari, has said he does not own a blending plant outside Nigeria.
Kyari stated this on Tuesday, reacting to
claims by the President of the Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, that some
officials of the NNPC have blending plants in Malta.
Amid the crisis surrounding his $20bn
refinery, Dangote had said: Some of the terminals, some of the NNPC people and
some traders have opened blending plants somewhere off Malta. We all know these
areas. We know what they are doing,” Dangote said.
Reacting in a post on his X handle, Kyari
said he had been inundated with calls from family members and friends, asking
if he truly owns a blending pla Kyari stated that he does not own or operate
any business directly or by proxy anywhere in the world with the exception of a
local mini agric venture.
He also said he is not aware of any employee
of the NNPC, that owns or operates a blending plant in Malta or anywhere else
in the world.
“I am inundated by enquiries from family
members, friends and associates on the public declaration by the President of
Dangote Group that some NNPC workers have established a blending plant in Malta
thereby impeding procurements from local production of Petroleum products
“To clarify the allegations regarding the
blending plant, I do not own or operate any business directly or by proxy
anywhere in the world with the exception of a local mini Agric venture, neither
am I aware of any employee of the NNPC, that owns or operates a blending plant
in Malta or anywhere else in the world.
“A blending plant in Malta or any part of
the world has no influence over NNPC’s business operations and strategic
actions.”
The NNPC boss threatened to sanction any
official of the NNPC involved in such acts if they truly exist.
“For further assurance, our compliance
sanction grid shall apply to any NNPC employee who is established to be
involved in doing so if availed and I strongly recommend that such individuals
be declared public and be made known to relevant government security agencies
for necessary actions in view of the grave implications for national energy
security,” he stated.
Dangote has been speaking up following
allegations by the Chief Executive of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream
Petroleum Regulatory Authority, Farouk Ahmed, that the diesel produced by the
Dangote refinery had higher sulphur content than imported ones; a claim Dangote
described as an attempt to demarket his refinery.
Ahmed also said the country would continue
to import fuel to stop the Dangote monopoly.
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