KYARI
The ongoing controversy between regulators in the oil and gas industry and the Dangote refinery has prompted the Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Mele Kyari to assert that there was no corrupt practice in the company’s operations.
Kyari who claimed that the NNPCL was not involved in the importation of sub-standard products, said he would reveal the truth about the company’s operations in the oil and gas sector at the appropriate time.“We are not criminals, we are not thieves,” Kyari said. “We will protect our dignity so we can serve this country,” he asserted.
Kyari made the assertions last Wednesday while testifying before the Senate ad hoc committee investigating alleged economic sabotage in the petroleum industry.
“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 publicly and be made known to relevant government security agencies for necessary actions in view of the grave implications for national energy security,” Kyari acded in a post on his X handle.
The committee, which is led by Senator Opeyemi Bamidele, is investigating the oil firm’s activities, particularly the allegation that some government officials own a blending plant in Malta, an island country located in the central Mediterranean Sea.
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