While delivering his speech at the official commissioning of the refinery by former President Muhammadu Buhari in May, he said, “Your excellencies, distinguished guests, our first product will be in the market before the end of July or beginning of August this year.”

The 650,000 barrels per day Dangote Refinery is yet to begin production after the August commencement date, earlier announced by the President, Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote.

While delivering his speech at the official commissioning of the refinery by former President Muhammadu Buhari in May, he said, “Your excellencies, distinguished guests, our first product will be in the market before the end of July or beginning of August this year.”


However, no drop of refined petroleum product from the refinery has hit the market weeks after the promised production deadline, according to findings by PUNCH.

Spokesperson for the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, Garba Deen in June, said that the company would cut down its fuel imports programme in August, once the Dangote Refinery began to push out refined petroleum products latest August.

A top source among the Major Oil Marketers Association of Nigeria also confirmed that NNPCL had cut down importation.


Corroborating Deen, while speaking to journalists after a meeting with oil marketers in Abuja, also in June, the Chief Executive, the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Agency, Farouk Ahmed, also said NNPCL had cut down on importation.

Officials of the Communications Department of Dangote Refinery could not speak on the matter as of press time.

However, a source at the refinery told PUNCH that the management was unsure of when petrol refining would begin at the Ibeju-Lekki facility.

The source who was not authorised to speak said, “For now, the management has not come out with any official date.”

The President, Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, Festus Osifo, advised the Federal Government to focus on completing the Port Harcourt refinery rather than focus on the Dangote refinery.

He said, “We should rather focus on making other refineries work because it would cut down on freight rates from importation, and would reduce prices. Dangote is a private businessman and can decide tomorrow that he would not refine again, although the government has a 20 per cent stake in the refinery.

We should rather push for our own refineries, and ask the government the question such as; when is the Port Harcourt refinery going to start refining petrol?”

The National Controller Operations, the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, Mike Osatuyi, also said there was no cause for alarm as far as petrol supply was concerned as the NNPCL was still importing.

According to him, management of the Dangote refinery may have delayed production, due to some internal challenges.

He also advised the Federal Government, to ensure that other local refineries come on stream rather than depend on the Dangote refinery.



https://saharareporters.com/2023/09/12/dangote-refinery-fails-meet-august-production-deadline-650000-barrels-day

Something that cannot work even till this year ends...David hundeyin really exposed the fraud.


Everything about Apc is fraudulent

Lol Won ti gbe wan ni handicap...

this country is cursed. One would have thought the refinery would begin the production the following day after it was commissioned😐

Most Nigerian youths fight needlessly on tribal and religious lines without focus nor objectives and so the elites use them for a toss. Takes them like some kinds of animals with no brain. If not why would they be dishing out lies and propaganda without recourse to caution of repercaution? They never asked " What if these people reacts or revolts? "

Apc government is are scammers and hallucinators.. they’re not real.. not practical.. dreamers that dream and wish.. … then propagate their hallucinations to Nigerians, propagate it through their illiterate sophisticators that hardly think with their brains .. those ones will jump on the roof .. while insulting every sane Nigerian .. attacking and cursing ..

Recently the c in c .. just told the world he will fix refinery.. knowing fully well is mission impossible for now ..

Reality is very far from Apc government.. because it’s scary ..

Ask Buhari what he achieve with loans and loans upon loans .. … they embezzled it .. No cap.

Let support druggie .. so that he won’t find any excuse .. or blame Nigerians for not supporting him .. as reason why he’s failing ..

Dangote matter na super story season 40.. but those humans no go allow us rest with insults ..

Subsidy Dey laugh Nigerians …

Frau.dulent capitalist

APC and lies can't be separated

Odin13:
Apc government is are scammers and hallucinators.. they’re not real.. not practical.. dreamers that dream and wish.. … then propagate their hallucinations to Nigerians, propagate it through their illiterate sophisticators that hardly think with their brains .. those ones will jump on the roof .. while insulting every sane Nigerian .. attacking and cursing ..

Recently the c in c .. just told the world he will fix refinery.. knowing fully well is mission impossible for now ..

Reality is very far from Apc government.. because it scary ..

Ask Buhari what he achieve with loans and loans upon loans .. … they embezzled it .. No cap.

Let support druggie .. so that he won’t find any excuse .. or blame Nigerians for not supporting him .. as reason why he’s failing ..

Dangote matter na super story season 40.. but those humans no go allow us rest with insults ..

Subsidy Dey laugh Nigerians …

Are you deluded ? Is APC the owner of dangote refinery? Or is dangote a card carrying member of the APC?

burp18:
Are you deluded ? Is APC the owner of dangote refinery? Or is dangote a card carrying member of the APC?

I hate fools ..

Odin13:


I hate fools ..

it takes a big fool to identify a fool😄

I'm still wondering what Buhari commissioned.
Buhari's administration was built on lies and propaganda.

The earlier this thing works and produces petrol, the better for us all.

The earliest that refinery can come on stream is 2025, unless they ship fuel and pump into their HOLDING tanks and claim it is from DR.

It is pathetic that Dangote allowed APC to use that refinery as propaganda.

There is nothing wrong if you come out openly to say the refinery will start working in 2025.
You intentionally allowed APC to lie to Nigerians that it will start working on July/August as a reason to remove subsidy.
If the refinery was owned 100% by Dangote, it will be only his business but Nigeria has around 20% stake in that refinery which makes it our business.

burp18:
this country is cursed. One would have thought the refinery would begin the production the following day after it was commissioned😐

Nigeria is not a country.

It's just a cash cow for politicians and a privileged few.

engrflames:
I'm still wondering what Buhari commissioned.
Buhari's administration was built on lies and propaganda.

Dundee United boss is MB, see how they are all denying him, including Osio, BAT, Edun, Sanusi.

After all the lies and propaganda overhyping the Dangote Refinery. The fraud of this government are being unbundled left, right and center.

Very anyhow country. Very sure the one they're working on in portharcourt won't also work by December. Obasanjo has said it all.

The corruption in d downstream sector is eegregous. BTW,Buhari na Nigeria dullest president ever. Dem carry baba handicap Mk him com commission an uncompleted refinery.
Only God knows how much buhari led fg gave Dangote for that refinery! Oh God why am I not a Dutch or British.

Nah wa o