For Dr Reuben Abati, “President Tinubu must wade into the matter. The midstream and downstream regulatory authority is giving his administration a bad name and embarrassment. That’s why I said it’s an image issue for the Tinubu administration. He came to office based on progressive politics, pro-business and investment. The Dangote initiative which we have all been looking forward to and celebrating 650,000 barrels of finished product per day is the single largest train of a refinery in Africa.
And now, the same regulator that cannot do anything at the midstream and downstream called Faruk Ahmed is the one saying the Dangote refinery has not been licensed. Meanwhile, it’s in the news that the NMDP went there at the end of March or thereabout; there was a letter saying that in terms of equipment and personnel, the refinery has satisfied minimum requirements.
“The responsibility of a regulator is to nurture the business. The same people who have not been able to fix the refineries are the ones trying to block the Dangote refinery. They must make sweet crude available.
Those who say it cannot be done should stop disturbing people who have done it. All the naysayers in Nigeria will try to stop you from doing something.
This is the same story of Air Peace. All through the week, the goodwill Nigerians have demonstrated towards the Dangote Refinery has been tremendous.
On radio, television, public places, everywhere, public opinion has been on the side of Dangote. Dangote, even if he is disturbed, must be all smiles to hear the voice of the people yelling ‘ITS GAME, SET AND MATCH – ALIKO DANGOTE – as a tennis umpire would announce a winner of a match. He is the winner in the battle with the forces against him.”
