The apex umbrella body for all Yoruba indigenous people globally, Yoruba Council Worldwide (Igbimo Apapo Yoruba Lagbaye) led by Aare Oladotun Hassan Esq alongside over 30 Civil Society groups have appraised Dangote Refinery over constant reduction in price of petrol products.
The group led by Aare Hassan on Friday paid courtsey visit to the refinery saying they were proud to mobilise supports for Alhaji Aliko Dangote and the entire management of Dangote Refinery over the recent embroiled crises with the DAPMAN, NUPENG, IPMAN and other oil and gas Unions on petrol price.
The group leader added that Dangote Refinery was a huge blessing and has indeed come to stay.
According to him, having surmounted the courage to dismantle the entrenched oil cabals all of whom are conniving to destroy Nigerian masses with deadly venomous policies of fuel subsidies, unholy N70 charges per each litre by NUPENG and other unions aimed at stagnating the nation.
“We have watched with keen interest to dissect the real issues, all we see is hatred, misinformation, misconception and lies of monopoly cries.
Rather than hailing the courage of Dangote Refinery who stood against all odds to defeat the process pressure and market disruption with his 650,000 bpd capacity alongside with the 4000 CNG trucks tankers and 6000 truck cargoes totalling 10000 trucks costing 2trillion Naira to move the products to the consumers at no cost ,with value added of over 40,000 jobs capacity.
We call on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to ensure high tariffs increase to discourage fuel importation and add increased crude supply to Dangote Refinery with licence for oil exploration.
Hassan said that the group wanted the president to nationalise oil well so as to allow for proper dredging which majority licensed sites were desolate and moribund.
He also implored all Nigerian citizens to rally maximum support and protect the laudable investment of Dangote’s Refinery, having succeeded to uproot the cabals in the sugar and cement industries, with little or no dependent on importation presently.
“Hence the need to end the agelong pains and agony of fuel importation leading to aggravated injustice.
“Dangote is a patriotic Nigerian per excellence who put his all to offer Nigerians with reliefs and smiles by reducing the price of Petroleum PMS from 1030 to 851.
“Dangote Refinery also reduced Diesel from 1,700 to 1020 just within a year. With huge storage capacity to sustain Nigeria. A great landmark targeted towards building Nigeria of our dream.
“We thereby warn the aforementioned cohorts of unions to stop peddling lies against Dangote Refinery, while saluting Mr Devakumar V. G. Edwin, the Vice President, Oil & Gas Petroleum and Petrochemical Industry Limited who represented Alhaji Aliko Dangote, President, Dangote Group at the visit.
The group leader said that the onsite assessment was carried out on the Dangote Refinery premises wherein it was unanimously agreed that the Refinery was exceptionally excellent, in accordance with global best standard practice and capacity.
According to him, we are indeed proud of Alhaji Aliko Dangote, precipitating our resolution to confer on him the prestigious Omoluabi Royal Icon title of Aare Atunluse Omoluabi Oodua Agbaye, in due recognition of his uncommon patriotic spirit and positive impacts as an industrialist rather than business mentality.
“We therefore equally used the opportunity to present his nomination letter as recipient of the Nigeria Heroes Awards as Legend of Democracy slated for October, 10 2025 at the Banquet Hall, Presidential Villa, Aso Rock, FCT, Abuja.
