The president of the Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote has said fuel queues across the nation will disappear if marketers start patronizing his refinery.
Communicating with State House Correspondents, on Tuesday, October 29, Africa’s richest man asked the Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) and marketers across the country to stop the importation of fuel.
Dangote disclosed that at full capacity his refinery can supply whatever is being consumed
He said: “What I estimated as our consumption daily is about 30-32 million litters, that one we can even start producing that by next week. That is not really an issue because as we speak today, we have 500 million liters in our tanks. With that even if there is no production anywhere or no import, that will take the country more than 12 days.
“So I am expecting that the NNPCL and the marketers should stop importing, they should come and collect what they need. I don’t know if you understand what it means to keep half of billion liters in our tanks, it is costing me money. Every day if I am to collect money I can charge 32 percent in interest. That is what I am losing, If they come and collect then you will not see any queue in the filling stations.”
The Africa riches man has made it open and it is now in the ball of the government to play back.
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