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A Niger Delta activist, High Chief Sobomabo Jackrich has called on President Ahmed Bola Tinubu to sack without delay the Group Managing Director of NNPCL, Mele Kyari and order for his investigation, over an alleged illegal issuance of licence to Dangote Group for the importation of Premium Motor Spirit, PMS.
Sobomabo Jackrich also known as Egberipapa said the deal between NNPCL and Dangote clearly shows evidence of abuse of office and gross misconduct against Mele Kyari.
In a statement sent to Pointblanknews.com, Egberipapa also urged the President and the National Assembly to revoke the license issued by the NNPCL to Dangote and declare it null and void, as it breaches the provisions of the Petroleum Industry Act 2021, and also bring anyone found complicit in the action to book.
He said, “That President Tinubu should probe the planned sales of the 300,000 barrels daily crude oil by the NNPCL to Dangote with the Naira currency instead of at the international oil benchmark rates.
“That the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) should fast track the process of issuing licenses for importation of petroleum products to independent marketers in order to break the hold of monopoly by the NNPCL, to increase competition and ultimately force down the prices of petroleum products.
“That Nigerians, especially members of the civil society should be aware of this conspiracy by few highly placed individuals to hijack the nation’s economy, converting same to their private estate, and resist them.
“And that I also call on the media often regarded as the fourth estate of the realm to pay a closer attention to the activities of the NNPCL under the leadership of Mele Kyari, with a view to exposing his underhanded dealings, as these corrupt practices have continued to thrive being shrouded in secrecy.”
High Chief Sobomabo Jackrich claimed that the NNPCL unholy alliance with Dangote was an conduit pipes meant to drain the nation’s economy in order to satisfy their insatiable gluttony for wealth at the expense of the Nigerian people.
He said that the much hyped refining of products by Dangote which is expected to commence in August was a deception as his findings have it that, “imported fuel would be discharged at the Dangote barge, where it will be pumped into tanks at the newly commissioned refinery for onward distribution across the country, to give the impression that the new refinery has commenced operation.
“The import of this is that the sole importation of Premium Motor Spirit – PMS will likely shift from the NNPCL to Dangote; thus, further confirming my earlier position that the Dangote Refinery commissioned on May 22nd 2023 was not ready for operation.
“PMS imported by Dangote is expected to sell at an international market-dictated price to marketers, which also implies that the crashing down of the price of PMS and other petroleum products as expected by Nigerians is far from becoming a reality.
“This means a continuous unhindered access and monopoly of the nation’s oil industry by a single individual as no other individual or company is yet to be granted the PMS import license; this was the same way Dangote succeeded to have monopoly of the entire nation’s cement industry while everyone else looks on.”