Dangote Wants Us To Stop Importation Of Fuel, Direct All Marketers To His Refinery –Nigerian Agency, NMDPRA
Mr Farouk who acknowledged this in a video issued by the Deny Dwelling media on Thursday, claimed that Dangote made the put a matter to to make certain that every oil marketers within the country would patronise fully his refinery for gasoline.
The Chief Government of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA), Farouk Ahmed has acknowledged billionaire businessman Aliko Dangote requested for total suspension of gasoline importation into the country.
Mr Farouk who acknowledged this in a video issued by the Deny Dwelling media on Thursday, claimed that Dangote made the put a matter to to make certain that every oil marketers within the country would patronise fully his refinery for gasoline.
He extra mentioned that the company is unwilling to approve the kind of put a matter to in present to prevent a monopoly and attributable to concerns relating to the quality of the oil produced by the Lagos-primarily based entirely mostly refinery.
He acknowledged, “Dangote is requesting that we suspend or quit importation, especially of AGO and DPK, and advise all marketers to his refinery.
“That is no longer appropriate for the nation relating to vitality security, and it’s no longer appropriate for the market attributable to the monopoly.”
SaharaReporters had earlier reported how Farouk furthermore described products from the Dangote refinery as irascible to imported ones.
He acknowledged Dangote Refinery become aloof within the pre-commissioning stage and had no longer been licensed but. “We have not been licensed but,” he added.
“I feel now we own about Forty five% completion. We can not rely intently on one refinery to feed the nation.”
He mentioned extra that the products from Dangote Refinery can no longer compete with these imported on the subject of quality.
“Dangote Refinery, alongside with other main refineries, produces between 600 and fifty to a thousand two hundred parts per million (PPM). Therefore, relating to quality, their products are irascible to imported ones,” he added.
