Over 407 Ethnic Groups Pass Vote of No Confidence in NNPCL Boss
- The umbrella body representing over 407 Ethnic Nationalities Youth Leaders in Nigeria has passed a vote of no confidence in Mele Kyari
- The group alleged that the NNPCL under Kyari's leadership could not manage the industry
- The groups highlighted recent statements from Dangote Industries Limited’s Vice President, Devakumar Edwin
The Apex umbrella body for the over 407 Ethnic Nationalities Youth Leaders in Nigeria, on Tuesday passed a vote of no confidence in the General Managing Director, GMD/CEO, of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited, NNPCL, Mele Kyari.
According to the groups, this is coming on the heels of his failure to fix indigenous refineries as promised Nigerians.
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The groups said the call was due to NNPCL having shown a lack of capacity to manage the industry.
This formed part of a communique issued by the Nigeria Ethnic Nationality Youth Leaders Council Worldwide on Tuesday after their meeting in Abuja.
The communique made available to journalists was endorsed by Comrade Terry Obeih, President General, Niger Delta Ethnic Nationalities Youth Leaders/NENYLCW, Alhaji Balarabe Rufai, President, Northern Youth Congress / Vice President, NENYLCW, Aare Oladotun Hassan Esq, President, Yoruba Council of Youths Worldwide/ Secretary General, NENYLCW,
Others are: Mazi Okwu Nnabuike, National President, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide/ Publicity Secretary, NENYLCW, Comrade Emmanuel Zopmal, President, Middle-Belt Youth Council/ Organising Secretary, NENYLCW and Alhaji Hamisu Dass, President, North-East Youth Assembly/Treasurer, NENYLCW.
The youth leaders accused the Kyari-led NNPCL of allegedly sabotaging the smooth take-off of both the government-owned refinery and the Dangote group-owned refinery.
This stand is coming amid an outcry by Devakumar Edwin, the Vice President of Oil and Gas at Dangote Industries Limited (DIL), that International Oil Companies, IOCs, were frustrating the Dangote Refinery's commencement of fuel supply by selling crude oil at higher prices.
Edwin said the IOCs were intentionally obstructing the refinery’s efforts to purchase local crude by inflating premium prices above market rates, compelling the refinery to import crude from distant countries like the United States, leading to significantly higher costs.
The youth leaders, while describing the situation as unacceptable, said it was strange that all the hopes the citizens placed on the Dangote refinery to bring down the cost of fuel were being frustrated.
The group said: “We want to start by recalling that earlier in March this year, the NNPCL MD, Mele Kyayi, promised Nigerians that within two weeks, the Port Harcourt refinery would begin production.
“The MD, who gave that assurance during his appearance before the Senate ad-hoc committee that was investigating the Nigerian Refineries' Turn Around Maintenance (TAM) Projects, went as far as stating that more than 450,000 barrels of oil were stored at the Port Harcourt refinery.
They said:
“We then find it so strange that three months after that vague promise, there is no sign that the refinery would begin operation any time soon.
“To make the matters worse, just a few days ago, Mr Devakumar Edwin, the Vice President of Oil and Gas at Dangote Industries Limited (DIL), accused International Oil Companies, IOCs, of frustrating the Dangote Refinery's commencement of fuel supply by selling crude oil at higher prices.
“Edwin emphatically said that the IOCs were intentionally obstructing the refinery’s efforts to purchase local crude by inflating premium prices above market rates, compelling the refinery to import crude from distant countries like the United States, leading to significantly higher costs.
“These are not matters to be swept under the carpet; they are both interconnected and have to be addressed by the Federal Government.
“We declare today that enough is enough; Nigerians have suffered enough, whereas a few people are feeding fat.
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