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He addressed concerns astir the nationwide proviso of petroleum products and denied claims by immoderate media outlets that they were trying to scuttle the Dangote Refinery.
Farouk Ahmed, the Chief Executive of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) has cautioned Nigerians against over-dependence connected products from the Dangote refinery.
Ahmed highlighted concerns implicit the consistency and standardisation of the refinery's output, stating that the prime of its products was inferior compared to the imported prime products.
He addressed concerns astir the nationwide proviso of petroleum products and denied claims by immoderate media outlets that they were trying to scuttle the Dangote Refinery.
He said Dangote Refinery was inactive successful the pre-commissioning signifier and had not been licensed yet. "We haven't been licensed yet," helium added.
"I deliberation we person astir 45% completion. We cannot trust heavy connected 1 refinery to provender the federation due to the fact that Dangote is requesting that we suspend oregon halt imports, particularly of AGO and DPK, and nonstop each marketers to his refinery.
"That is not bully for the federation successful presumption of vigor security, and it is not bully for the marketplace due to the fact that of the monopoly.
Ahmed said that successful presumption of quality, Dangote's existent AGO suffers from the lowest prime successful presumption of sulfur content, falling abbreviated of West Africa's request of 50 PPM.
"Dangote Refinery, on with different large refineries, produces betwixt six 100 and 50 to 1 1000 2 100 parts per cardinal (PPM). Therefore, successful presumption of quality, their products are inferior to imported ones," helium said.
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