Queue at the filing station The President, Petroleum Products Retailers Owners of Nigeria( PETROAN), Dr Billy Gills Harry, says the reduction of the product, by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited( NNPCL) is good for the nation'struggling economy, as it would help in soften the difficult situations posed by the sharp rise in the price of petroleum products. While reacting to the issue through a statement issued and signed to the NEWSMIRROR yesterday, Harry said that the slight reversal of the price by NNPCL shows that the government is committed to the alleviation of the problems of the masses. According to him, the reduction in the price per litre of Petrol Motoring Spirit( PMS) from N1,020 per litre to N899 per litre is good, adding that the country will soon get over its problem, if the readjustment of the economy continues. Also, PETROAN's Public Relation Officer, Dr Joseph Obele said that Dangote Petroleum Refinery had earlier started the r...
By Favour Ifeoluwa & Akinola Ajibade
The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources ,Hon Henekein Lokpobiri says he has not wasted over N500billion equity fund private establishments, as alleged by the former NCDMBs s 'Chairman, Mr Simbi Wabote.
According the Minister, the former NCDMB leader, the allegations that he gave out the funda as unperfoming loans was not true.
He spoke during the quarterly and recent event of Petroleum Club in Lagos, stressing that his office has not requested for an increase in budget by N30bllion, as alleged by erstwhile NCDMB's Executive Secretary, Mr Wabote.
The Minister noted through a statement made by his Special Adviser, Media & Communication, Nneamakar Okafor said that:" The position of His Office is that he who made allegations must prove the same. So, if Mr Wabote has proof of such conversation, he is challenged to provide it to the public."
Adding that he has no aide called Diackson as stated by NCDMB. All his aides were duly selected in line with extant laws and he has documents to support his statement.
According to the statement, the Minister in his capacity as the Chairman of the Governing Council stands by the statement made at the Petroleum Club quarterly meeting.
He said that the Atlantic Refinery was supposed to cited in Wabote's home town, challenging him to show where the refinery is located.
Continuing further, Lokpobiri said that the Brass Ferterlizer and Petrochemical Company waa duly paid for, urging Wabote to show where they are cited, as evidence, which Nigerians must prove.
He added the revelations were not new as they are made during the hearings of the House of Representatives on the local content, adding that records are duly prepared for whoever intends to verify.
* I have had course to read Mr Wabote release and one can see that he is nursing the wounds of being replaced as the Executive Secretary of the NCDMB.
Recall that the Minster promised to recoup alledged investments worth over N500billon made by the Nigerian Contact Development and Monitoring Board ( BCDMB), not minding the fact the former Executive Secretary of the Board has described it a worthless ventures, if it is carried out by the Minister of Petroleum Resources, Hon Lokpobiri.2
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