The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has denied claims that it had given a license to Alhaji Aliko Dangote, owner of the Dangote refinery, to import the Petroleum Motor Spirit (PMS) also known as petrol, pending completion of his refineryThe company explained that it is not within its jurisdiction to grant a license or permit for fuel importation.
Report, published in a national daily recently, had claimed 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.
Reacting to the report, the media relations manager at the NNPCL, Onyi Sunday, described the report as misleading.
“The report is misleading. We don’t grant licenses or permits because we are not a regulatory organization. “The responsibility lies with the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA), not NNPCL. “NNPCL has just a small stake of 20 per cent in the refinery.”
Source: Nigerian Tribune online.
