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Aliko Dangote, president of Dangote Group and Africa’s richest man, has said that some officials of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited and oil traders have blending plants in Malta, an island country in Southern Europe.
Dangote spoke at the House of Representatives on Monday, noting that the areas of the blending plants are well-known by all the stakeholders.
“Some of the terminals, some of the NNPC people and some traders have opened blending plants somewhere off Malta. We all know these areas. We know what they are doing,” Dangote said.
Dangote associated vehicle problems in Nigeria to substandard imported fuel, noting that the diesel produced locally has better quality than imported fuel.
He appealed to the leadership of the House of Representatives to set up an independent committee to verify the quality of petrol available in Nigeria, particularly the one being sold at filling stations.
“I want you to set up a committee that will come with every representative headed by your chosen honourable member to come and lead in taking samples from filling stations because I must tell you today that all the test certificates that people are busy floating around, where are the labs? Even if they have the labs, I can tell you they are fake certificates,” he said.
The House of Representatives Joint Committee on Petroleum Resources (downstream and midstream), on Monday, began a probe into claims that local refineries produce inferior products.
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