MP calls for suspension of NMDPRA CEO over ‘careless’ statement on Dangote refinery

• The Federal Government is urged by the House of Representatives to suspend Farouk Ahmed, NMDPRA
• During a plenary session on Tuesday, the lower house of parliament passed the resolution
• Ahmed’s comments were described as “careless”, “unprofessional and unpatriotic” by Iyawe, who filed the motion.

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The House of Representatives is calling on the federal government to suspend Farouk Ahmed, the chairman of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA), for “ill-considered comments”.

After a motion by Edo resident Esosa Iyawe to grant urgent public concern was passed, The Nation reported that the lower house of the legislative assembly passed the resolution during plenary sitting on Tuesday.

The subject of the motion was: “Urgent need to address the outrage resulting from the ill-advised comments made by the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Authority.”

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Statement unprofessional

Iyawe described Ahmed’s comments as “careless”, “unprofessional and unpatriotic” in light of calls for protests against the federal government.

Iyawe claimed that Ahmed made the claim without first conducting any investigation.

The MP claimed that the NMDPRA CEO’s ill-advised remarks had provoked anger among the people of Nigeria, who saw his weakening of regional refineries and his insistence on fuel imports as an act of economic sabotage because high concentrations of dangerous compounds had been found in the imported goods.

Speaker of the House of Representatives Tajudeen Abbas had the resolution passed by voice vote and it was adopted.

The House of Commons then called on the federal government to suspend the CEO of NMDPRA while the allegations are investigated.

Dangote offers to sell the refinery

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Legit.ng reported that Aliko Dangote said he was ready to hand over control of the world’s largest refinery to the Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC).

The wealthy Nigerian was speaking about an alleged disagreement with the Nigeria Midstream Downstream Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) and NNPC, one of the refinery’s main equity partners, over the sulphur content of petroleum products produced by the refinery.

The refinery, which was commissioned by former President Mummadu Buhari, is said to have cost over $20 billion.

Source: Legit.ng