“That isn’t good for the nation when it comes to vitality safety and that’s not good for markets when it comes to monopoly,” Farouk Ahmed, head of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Regulatory Company, advised reporters. He defined that the refinery remains to be within the pre-commissioning stage and has not been licensed but, and that relying solely on one refinery for nationwide provide would promote monopoly and jeopardise vitality safety. Ahmed’s feedback are available in response to allegations by Dangote Industries Restricted that IOCs have been making it troublesome for them to entry native crude, forcing them to make use of middlemen and pay inflated costs.