…..In a statement he issued via his social media platforms, Kyari maintained that he does not own a blending plant in Malta nor did he know any of his colleagues doing so.
Mele Kyari, the group chief executive officer (GCEO) of the Nigeria National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited, has challenged billionaire businessman, Aliko Dangote, to reveal the identities of NNPC workers accused of establishing a blending plant in Malta.
In a statement he issued via his social media platforms, Kyari maintained that he does not own a blending plant in Malta nor did he know any of his colleagues doing so.
SaharaReporters had reported how Aliko Dangote accused some people in the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) of importing fake petrol products into the country.
Dangote had said the NNPC cabals created a petroleum refinery in Malta from where they import inferior fuel into Nigeria.
Kyari, in his response, said, “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.
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