“Dangote Refinery is still in the pre-commissioning stage. It has not been licenced yet,’’ Ahmed said.
“We have not licensed them yet.”
Reacting to this comment, the Dangote Group Chief Commercial Officer denied the claims saying it was a total demarketing of the organisation.
“Regarding diesel quality, we started with 600-700 PPM because it was a new plant.
“Now, our production is at 87 PPM, and by the end of August, it will be at 10 PPM.
According to him, none of the imported diesel into Nigeria can compete with the Dangote refinery in terms of quality and this can be confirmed by any expert who intends to test our products and those imported independently.
‘’The airplanes using our product have never for once complained, talkless of the countries buying them in Europe and the United States where they don’t compromise standard.’’
Also, on the issue of the refinery not yet license, Rabiu Umar noted that documents and facts do not lie, adding that all necessary procedures have been complied with before the refinery started operations.
‘’Anybody can cross check our papers, we are lincensed by the authorities to commence operations.’’
‘’NNPCL equity in our refinery now stands at 7.5% against 20%’’
Speaking on the NNPCL equity in the Dangote Refinery, Umar said initially 20% equity was allotted to the NNPCL with some obligations expected to be met.
‘’However, the NNPCL has not been able to meet those obligation that reduced the equity to 7.5%, ‘’Umar noted.
He described Dangote Refinery as a Nigerian and African pride that should not be allowed to die.
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