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EMIR of Kano, HRH Sanusi Lamido Sanusi has reacted to the controversies between Dangote Refinery and the NNPCL.
Emir Sanusi in a trending statement on Social Media available to SOJ WORLDWIDE, lambasted NNPCL Management “These people in NNPC do not want to end their lucrative subsidy scam, and I dont think they will end it.”
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“Dangote refinery… my view – SLS*
I honestly do not think it is a good idea for me to make comments on these issues, but some comments surprise me, and I just have to say something.
Aliko Dangote @AlikoDangote did not fix the price at which the CBN sold dollars. Everyone who got dollars from the CBN got dollars at the same rate if they bought on the same day. So we can not blame him for buying dollars at a rate the CBN itself decided to sell to its customers.
So the question for me is this. Let us forget the man Dangote @DangoteGroup.
If the Central Bank were to prioritize a single enterprise for forex allocation, how many enterprises can we think of that are worthier than a refinery like this one?
Consider the drain on our forex from importing petroleum products; the tens of billions of dollars of forex spent abroad; the huge losses due to theft in the name of subsidy.
By the way, how much forex did Dangote buy from the CBN at this subsidized rate? How much forex did NNPC take from the Federation account in the same year in the name of running and turning around its dead refineries? What are we benchmarking against?
If any Nigerian came to me as a Central Bank Governor with a project like this refinery, I would recognize immediately its potential impact on the economy and give it all the support needed.
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Let our views on forex policies not becloud our sense of priorities. Once the CBN decided to sell dollars at the below market, it would be forced to ration the limited dollars available.
To my mind, giving dollars for the construction of a refinery is better than rice importers and, indeed, almost every other enterprise apart from education and health, given the impact on the macro.
As for the argument of NNPC that relying on one refinery is bad for our energy security. This is most laughable. On the contrary, relying on a local refinery is far more secure than these imports.
It is a very rich argument from an entity that had taken billions of dollars in the name of turn around maintenance and not produced a drop of product from four refineries because it is more profitable to continue extracting rent in the name of subsidy.
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If NNPC activated its refineries, there would be no monopoly. Then, we can see the sulphur content of its products and compare them to Dangote’s.
Until then, keeping quiet is the honourable option for it.
NNPC and its spinoffs have lost any right to talk until they fix the mess they have thrown us into.
In any case, if the Dangote refinery is unable to meet local demand, the gap can be filled by imports.
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True talk from a respected Emier
What really struck me was the speed with which Tinubu renewed the tenure of the CEO of NNPC Mr Mele Kyari when it expired about 5 months ago, without probing him because Tinubu had claimed that subsidy was removed because of subsidy scam at NNPC. How can a sane human being stop subsidy because of scam and then fail to arrest the scammers, or worse still, renew the scammers tenure when it expired? This lapse by Tinubu tells me that he not only rigged the election but also the subsidy thief at NNPC is one of the key people that rigged it for him so that he does not stop them from stealing. Infact these thieves at NNPC could be the one who encouraged Tinubu to pronounce subsidy is gone, because that would actually shield their stealings because have we not known that Tinubu is still paying them subsidy?
In fact I baffled with NNPC accusations of Dangote Refinery. It is very laughable. What the so called the management of the nation’s moribund Refineries for many years, a single person built 10 times of it in less than 5 years. Isn’t this ridiculous and absurd? President Tinubu should sack all the management of NNPC and subject them to probe.