The Dangote Petroleum Refinery has pushed back at claims that it is grossly incapable of meeting the general demand for fuel in Nigeria.
“Quoting the authority’s (NMDPRA) chief executive in his recent presentation at the Villa, he stated that the Dangote refinery is not meeting up to even the reduced local consumption volume. So, for now, the Dangote refinery cannot meet up. It is we, the private depot owners, that have been bridging the gap and meeting the needs of Nigerians,” the Executive Secretary of the Depot and Petroleum Products Marketers Association of Nigeria, DAPPMAN,
Olufemi Adewole had remarked.
To that statement, an unnamed senior official of the Dangote refinery made a response, by denying the alleged incapacity levelled at the refinery.
The official in an interview with Punchng said the refinery is taking care of the home front while also exporting.
“I have seen different reports where the marketers alleged that our refinery could not meet local demands. That is not true.
“We produce more than enough fuel for the local market, and we export,” the source told the publication.
