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NNPC Denies Issuing License for Fuel Import

By Moses Patience Chat

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company  (NNPC) Limited on Tuesday denied claims that it has already issued a license to Alhaji Aliko Dangote, the owner of the Dangote Refinery, to import Petroleum Motor Spirit (PMS), also known as petrol, while waiting the  completion of his refinery.

The Company stated that it is not within its jurisdiction to grant a license or permit for the importation of fuel noting that it is the duty of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority ( NMDPRA).

It had been alleged that the imported fuel would be discharged at the Dangote barge and pumped into tanks to be sold at a market-dictated price to marketers while work progresses at the refinery. But reacting to the report, the Media Relations  Manager of NNPC Limited, Mrs Onyi Sunday, described the report as misleading maintaining that the Company is not a regulatory organization.

Her words: “The report is misleading. We don’t grant licenses or permits because we are not a regulatory organization. The responsibility lies with the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA), not NNPCL. You should check with them. NNPCL has just a small stake of 20 percent in the refinery.”

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