Obasanjo never wanted any state-owned refineries to work – Group reveal’s

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Olusegun Obasanjo’s recent statement criticizing state-owned refineries have been condemnd by the Movement for Anti-Corruption, Integrity, and Transparency Initiative.

According to reporters, former President Olusegun Obasanjo disclosed how, in 2007, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, or NNPC, turned down a $750 million bid from billionaire business magnate Aliko Dangote to run the refineries in Port Harcourt and Kaduna.

Obasanjo revealed this information in a Channels Television exclusive interview.

The former president stated that despite being aware of its inability to manage the country’s refineries, the NNPC turned down Dangote’s offer.

In a different statement, Obasanjo once more called the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited’s open invitation to see the recently reopened Port Harcourt and Warri Refineries.

This came after the former president condemned the state-owned oil company of turning down Aliko Dangote’s $750 million offer to run the Port Harcourt Refinery, this prompted to report that NNPCL had invited him to tour the renovated facilities.

However, the group claimed in a statement co-signed by its Secretary General, Comrade Mohammed Kuda, and National President, Comrade Goodway Jackson, that the former president’s recent outburst showed that he did not want to see the state-owned refineries operate.

According to the statement, “To many, former President Obasanjo’s recent outburst on State Refineries may not, after all, be because he means well for the well-being of the nation’s refineries but due to an age-long grudge he holds against NNPCL soon after he left office as president.”

“It is due to the personal vendetta he holds against the State Refineries because after he (Obasanjo) left office, late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua who took over from him, reversed the sale of the Port Harcourt Refinery to a consortium, having seen that its sale was shrouded in controversy.

“Even when the two strong trade unions within the oil industry, the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, and the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN, vehemently rejected and kicked against the privatisation of the two refineries on the grounds of conflict of interest and lack of due process, a desperate Obasanjo didn’t stop his selfish move.

“Those who are awaiting the privatisation of the refineries in a manner at variance with the national interest should be advised to set up their own refineries like the Dangote Group.”

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