The House of Representatives has rejected the motion to suspend the license allegedly granted to Dangote Refinery as the sole importer of Petroleum Motor Spirit (PMS) also known as petrol.
The House of Representatives has rejected the motion to suspend the license allegedly granted to Dangote Refinery as the sole importer of Petroleum Motor Spirit (PMS) also known as petrol.
A federal lawmaker (Gali Tijjani) had called for the suspension of the license for a review to accommodate all the petroleum marketers.
The House of Reps, however, moved against the motion as shown in a video posted on Channels Television Twitter handle.
Meanwhile, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) on Tuesday denied claims that it already gave a license to the Dangote refinery owner, Alhaji Aliko Dangote to import petrol pending the completion of his refinery.
NNPCL stated that it is not within its jurisdiction to grant a license or permit for fuel import.
According to the report published in a national daily, the writer alleged that the imported fuel would be discharged at the Dangote barge and pumped into tanks to be sold at a market-dictated price to marketers while work progresses at the refinery.
But reacting to the report, the NNPCL spokesperson, Onyi Sunday allegedly described the report as misleading and said that the company was not a regulatory organization.
“The report is misleading. We don’t grant licenses or permits because we are not a regulatory organization,” Sunday said as quoted by the Nigerian Tribune.
“The responsibility lies with the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA), not NNPCL.
“You should check with them. NNPCL has just a small stake of 20 per cent in the refinery.”
Recall that the immediate past president, Muhammadu Buhari on May 22 commissioned the Dangote Oil Refinery to immediately commence operations.
Dangote thereafter said his first goal is to ramp up production of the various products to ensure that within this year, his mega oil refinery will fully satisfy the nation’s demand for quality products.
The $19 billion project which is the world’s largest single-train refinery in the Ibeju-Lekki area of Lagos was funded by Dangote while NNPCL has a 20% stake in it.
The project is expected to churn out petrol, diesel (AGO), aviation jet fuel and Dual-Purpose Kerosene (DPK), and other refined products.
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