NNPCL, NMDPRA Interested In Destroying Dangote Refinery – Reps

The House of Representatives has warned the Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Mele Kyari, that it will call for his sacking, if what they described as the “attempt to destroy Dangote Refinery” does not stop immediately.

The deputy spokesperson of the House, Philip Agbese, disclosed this while speaking with newsmen in Abuja on Saturday, according to DailyPost.

Agbese who noted that the lawmakers had already called for the sack of the leadership of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority, NMDPRA, observed that both agencies – NNPCL and NMDPRA – have shown that they are interested in destroying the Dangote Refinery.

He noted that the House would investigate the ongoing spat between Dangote Refinery and the NMDPRA.

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Agbese said the investigation is in line with the House’s commitment to protect all national assets and critical economic infrastructure, like the Dangote Refinery.

He said: “We have been seeing a lot by way of demarketing campaigns to discredit the Dangote Petroleum Refinery and given the negative impact of this, which has caused panic in the country.

“It is on record that the House directed the President to sack NMDPRA’s CEO.

“The House of Representatives will not hesitate to call for the sack of Mele Kyari if the attempt to destroy the refinery project, a national asset, does not stop immediately.”