Reps Call for Suspension of NMDPRA CEO Over "Careless" Statement on Dangote Refinery
- The federal government is being asked by the House of Representatives to suspend Farouk Ahmed, CEO of NMDPRA
- During a plenary session on Tuesday, July 23, the lower legislative chamber passed the resolution after debating it
- The lawmakers said Ahmed’s comments were "careless" and "unprofessional and unpatriotic" while adopting a motion on the matter
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The House of Representatives is requesting that the federal government suspend Farouk Ahmed, chief executive officer of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA), over “unguarded comments”.
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After a motion of urgent public concern submitted by Edo resident Esosa Iyawe was adopted, The Nation reported that the lower legislative chamber on Tuesday passed the resolution during plenary session.
The subject of the motion was "Urgent Need to Address the Outrage Resulting from the Chief Executive of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Authority's Unguarded Comments."
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NMDPRA CEO's statement unprofessional
Iyawe described Ahmed's remarks as "careless, unprofessional and unpatriotic", adding that the NMDPRA boss made his recent claim backing importation of fuel without first carrying out any research.
The lawmaker claimed that the NMDPRA CEO's careless remarks had provoked fury among Nigerians. Iyawe described Ahmed's insistence on fuel imports as an act of economic sabotage, especially since imported goods have been found to contain high concentrations of hazardous compounds.
In his reaction, the speaker of the House Tajudeen Abbas put the resolution to a voice vote, and it was approved.
As a result, the lower house requested that the federal government place the NMDPRA CEO on suspension while the claims are being investigated.
Dangote offers to sell refinery
Legit.ng previously reported that Aliko Dangote declared his willingness to give the Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) control of his refinery.
The billionaire businessman stated this wile addressing the reported disagreement with the NMDPRA and NNPC, one of his refinery's major equity partners, regarding the sulphur content of petroleum products generated by the refinery.
The refinery, commissioned by former president Mummadu Buhari, is estimated to cost over $20 billion.
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