Hon. Agbese, who is the member representing Ado/Ogbadibo/Okpokwu Federal Constituency of Benue state in the House of Representatives, therefore, accused the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) and Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) of being behind the attempts to discredit the private Refinery to advantage of International Oil Companies (IOCs).
The lawmaker, in a statement issued in Abuja, wondered why a regulatory agency would go all out to frustrate the efforts of his country’s entrepreneur to give foreigners the oxygen to continue to run their imperialistic businesses in the country to retard Nigeria’s indigenisation drive in the oil and gas as well as other sectors.
He said preliminary investigations by the parliament has proved, especially the Chief Executive Officer of NMDPRA, Farouk Ahmed, wrong of his concotted allegations that Dangote Refinery products were inferior to the imported quality.
