Mele Kyari, the CEO of NNPCL, has reacted to the heavy allegation of workers of NNPCL owning a secret refinery in faraway Malta in Southern Europe at the detriment of his local refinery in Lagos.
It should be recalled that the CEO of Dangote Refinery, Aliko Dangote made the statement after counter allegations between the NNPCL and Dangote Management in a viral video on Social Media where Dangote said he feared no foe.
However, Kyari who is troubled bybthe allegation said in a statement he posted on his official x.com on Tuesday that he didn’t own any plant either by himself or by proxy anywhere in the world, nothing that he was ‘inaundated’ with inquiries from his family members, friends and associates over the allegations that workers in NNPCL owned a plant in Malta.
Read full statement below
_“I am inundated by enquiries from family members, friends and associates on the public declaration by the President of Dangote Group that some NNPC workers have established a blending plant in Malta thereby impeding procurements from local production of Petroleum products.
_”To clarify the allegations regarding blending plant, I do not own or operate any business directly or by proxy anywhere in the world with the exception of a local mini Agric venture.
Neither am I aware of any employee of the NNPC, that owns or operates a blending plant in Malta or anywhere else in the world.
_”A blending plant in Malta or any part of the world has no influence over NNPC’s business operations and strategic actions.
_”For further assurance, our compliance sanction grid shall apply to any NNPC employee who is established to be involved in doing so if availed and I strongly recommend that such individuals be declared public and be made known to relevant government security agencies for necessary actions in view of the grave implications for national energy security.”
At the time of filing this report, no official response from Dangote over the Kyari’s reaction