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BlueRayDick:
Let me just tell u straight right now ; If u want to have a discussion please stay and have a discussion like a man but if don't want to,kindly 4ck off!

You are in the habit of starting a discussion and when u can't keep up u run off either claiming u don't have strength to argue or saying the other party is arguing for argument sake.


Back to the Dangote Refinery delay-in-startup issue. You claimed Ur acquaintance told u theft, misappropriation of funds and employees supplying substandard equipment led to the delay.

For starters I hope u know what U claimed Dangote said in his statement today is Fauty equipment which is not one and same with substandard equipment. Let's even leave that aside.

My argument was that Dangote as a conglomerate deals with top engineering companies and it is highly unlikely they will be procuring substandard equipment. I went back and forth with Izzou and GloriousGbola on this insisting on my doubt about Ur claim. Glorious made a strong point talking about Dangote entering a new market being a factor and I reasoned with that viewpoint.

I know u are itching to link all of this up with that Ur "sabotage" story, but this is clearly a failure contractual liability. The fact that Dangote is not mentioning the company's name shows he has been duly compensated either by the vendor or their insurers.


I would not have responded to u but this Ur believe that someone argues to sound contrarian, please miss me with that bullshiiiit abeg!

Do u see me put mouth when people discuss American politics? Do u see me put mouth when people discuss sports like Boxing and Basketball which I don't have an idea of? There are are several discussions I sit out either out of lack of interest of because because I prefer to listen to other people's opinions/experience.

I expressed my doubt about Ur acquaintance's claim that day because I know the standard that is obtainable and expected in the space Dangote Refinery operates.

We bought over 2,700 hectares of land, which is 7 times the size of Victoria Island in Lagos. One prominent company, which I should not name, supplied us with faulty equipment, which I believe was intentional and set us back two years in starting the refinery.

- Aliko Dangote… pic.twitter.com/ipv7Jx0SRS

— Imran Muhammad (@Imranmuhdz) July 22, 2025

Amoto94:
An acquaintance who is working with Dangote Refinery said that some of the employees were sabotaging the man's efforts by stealing equipments, supplying substandard products, and financial misappropriation were rampant these were the reasons for the delays and setbacks

BlueRayDick:
Go and read Ur initial post I responded to and read what U posted as credited to Dangote. Then read my post u quoted again.

If u want us to go over it all over again from start, I will be here waiting.

BlueRayDick:
Go and read Ur initial post I responded to and read what U posted as credited to Dangote. Then read my post u quoted again.

If u want us to go over it all over again from start, I will be here waiting.

BlueRayDick:
I doubt ur acquaintance is right on this .

In the oil and gas industry , most if not all of the equipment are imported from abroad . How will employees import substandard products/ equipment when they have the mandate to buy from international suppliers of repute ?

They will get proforma invoice from the manufactures , open form M, LC’s , have their banks and the suppliers banks sort out payment terms and all. All of these processes have control. Some of those equipment even pass through SON ( standard organization of Nigeria ) .

If they were buying from local market, I would agree with this line of thought. Those international suppliers they purchase from abroad have a reputation to uphold .

The fact that Dangote actually uses Indians as top management staff makes this line of thought kinda unbelievable. Those Indians will fire anybody that appears incompetent or becomes a liability in the team without bating an eyelid