Just a few days after the founding father of the Dangote Petroleum Refinery, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, alleged that some officers of the Nigerian Nationwide Petroleum Firm Restricted have mixing vegetation in Malta, indications have emerged that Nigeria imported gas price $2.25bn from the international nation in 9 years.
In line with info on Commerce Map, Nigeria imported petroleum oils obtained from bituminous minerals price $2.8bn in 2023, leaping by a 342 per cent enhance from $47.5m in 2013.
Nigeria imported gas price $59.98m in 2014; $117.01m in 2015 and $13.32m in 2016.
It was noticed that from 2017 to 2022, there was no gas importation into Nigeria from Malta.
Nevertheless, there was a geometrical leap in 2023 when the nation imported gas price $2.08bn.
Some Nigerians consider Dangote is likely to be proper when he stated some NNPC personnel personal mixing vegetation in Malta.
Amid the disaster surrounding his $20bn refinery, Dangote had stated, “A few of the terminals, a number of the NNPC individuals, and a few merchants have opened mixing vegetation someplace off Malta. Everyone knows these areas. We all know what they’re doing.”
However the Group Chief Govt Officer of the NNPC, Mele Kyari, denied proudly owning a mixing plant exterior Nigeria.
Kyari stated he had been inundated with calls from relations and pals, asking if he actually owned a mixing plant in Malta.
The NNPC helmsman stated he doesn’t personal or function any enterprise immediately or by proxy anyplace on the planet, aside from a neighborhood mini-agric enterprise.
He additionally stated he’s not conscious of any worker of the NNPC that owns or operates a mixing plant in Malta or anyplace else on the planet.
“I’m inundated by enquiries from relations, pals, and associates on the general public declaration by the President of Dangote Group that some NNPC staff have established a mixing plant in Malta, thereby impeding procurements from native manufacturing of petroleum merchandise.
“To make clear the allegations relating to the mixing plant, I don’t personal or function any enterprise immediately or by proxy anyplace on the planet aside from a neighborhood mini-agric enterprise, neither am I conscious of any worker of the NNPC that owns or operates a mixing plant in Malta or anyplace else on the planet.
Dangote has been talking up following allegations by the Chief Govt of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority, Farouk Ahmed, that the diesel produced by the Dangote refinery had larger sulphur content material than imported ones, a declare Dangote described as an try and demarket his refinery.
Ahmed had additionally stated the nation would proceed to import gas to cease the Dangote monopoly.