I Do Not Own Or Operate Business Anywhere – Kyari

Mr Mele Kyari, the Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), has debunked insinuations that he owns an oil blending plant in Malta.

Aliko Dangote had alleged that some officials of the NNPC have built and are operating an oil facility in Malta, a small island country in the Mediterranean Sea.

In what appeared a response to the claims by Dangote, Kyari took to his verified X handle on Tuesday, July 23, 2024, saying that he does not own an oil blending plant in Malta.

The NNPCL boss said that he was inundated by enquiries from associates, friends and family members over the claim by the President, Dangote Group in which he said that some NNPC staff have established a blending plant in Malta thereby impeding procurements from local production of petroleum products.

Kyari said; “To clarify the allegations regarding the blending plant, I do not own or operate any business directly or by proxy anywhere in the world with the exception of a local mini Agric venture.

“Neither am I aware of any employee of the NNPC that owns or operates a blending plant in Malta or anywhere else in the world.

“A blending plant in Malta or any part of the world has no influence over NNPC’s business operations and strategic actions.

“For further assurance, our compliance sanction grid shall apply to any NNPC employee who is established to be involved in doing so if availed.

“And I strongly recommend that such individuals be declared public and be made known to relevant government security agencies for necessary actions in view of the grave implications for national energy security,” Kyari said.