By Seyi Babalola
Aliko Dangote, the owner of Dangote Refinery, has rejected Farouk Ahmed, the Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA), who claimed that petroleum products from his refinery are inferior to imported ones.
Dangote, Africa’s richest man, made the statement on Saturday during a tour of the facility by the House of Representatives leadership, led by Speaker Tajudeen Abbas.
According to Dangote, independent inspections will provide different results than NMDPRA.
He insisted that petroleum products’ specs tested by the regulator were imported.
According to him: “The imported one they are encouraging is the spec in test, but in certain cases, when you check (independently), different results will show. Because those people who have the lab have been told what to write.”
