Lokpobiri Reiterates FG’s Commitment To Supporting Dangote Refinery, Others

The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Heineken Lokpobiri, has reiterated the commitment of the Federal Government to supporting the $20bn Dangote Refinery, and other modular refineries in the country.

He gave this assurance before the Senator Opeyemi Bamidele-led Ad-hoc Committee over alleged economic sabotage in the petroleum industry in Abuja on Wednesday.

“We are also committed to supporting the Dangote Refinery. We are committed to supporting the modular refineries and we have been resolving whatever issue that has been brought to our attention from time to time,” Lokpobiri said.

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“As a government, we are committed to protecting our local industries. There is no two ways. We are committed to protecting all stakeholders in the oil sector; not just one company, not just one regulator, but every stakeholder deserves protection, which is the government’s responsibility.

“We are committed to providing the same standard of protection for everybody. And that is what we have been doing,” the minister stated.

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He also expressed the government’s commitment to completing the rehabilitation of the three state-owned refineries to “reduce the level of import that we need to be able to serve the needs of Nigerians”.