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Why Can't FG Fix Refineries And Sideline Dangote? - Agbakoba by nairavsdollars(op): 1:30pm On Jul 22, 2024
Why Can't FG Fix Its Refineries All These Years And Make Dangote Irrelevant? - Agbakoba


Chief Olisa Agbakoba (SAN), a former president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has faulted calls by some Nigerians that the federal government should take over the Dangote refinery.

Prof. Itse Sagay (SAN), former chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC) in an interview with TheScrutinyNG had said the Nigerian constitution empowers the federal government to take over the refinery and then pay compensation to the owner, Aliko Dangote.

"Honestly, we are going through a sort of emergency right now. Under section 305, the Nigerian government has power to take over the refinery and pay appropriate compensation to the owner” Sagay had said.

However, in a chat with our correspondent, Agbakoba said it is wrong for the FG to take over another man’s sweat just because it is alleged that he is cheating Nigerians.

"But why take over what a private individual built ? Why can’t the FG fix its refineries all these years and make Dangote irrelevant".

"Why allow an efficient businessman hold you to ransom when there is a very simple alternative?".

"The simple alternative for us all is this - let Nigeria work . Let there be light . Let there be food . Let there be water. Let there be jobs . Let there be money schools health care roads etc" .

"This is how to render Dangote irrelevant and not as Suggested by taking over another man’s sweat even if the sweat is to cheat us . Let the FG do its own refineries and bluff Dangote".


https://thescrutinyng.com/2024/07/22/why-cant-fg-fix-its-refineries-all-these-years-and-make-dangote-irrelevant-agbakoba/

Re: Why Can't FG Fix Refineries And Sideline Dangote? - Agbakoba by OkCornel(m):
The annual “Turn Around Maintenance” budgetary allocation has to be embezzled na…

Now let’s all do a little research on how much the Nigerian government has spent on “Turn Around Maintenance” of the refineries from 1999-2024.

Then compare that amount to how much it costs Dangote to set up his refinery.

E shock you abi? shocked The amount spent on TAM alone since 1999 can give us two brand new Dangote refineries with enough change to spare! Can you now see how toxic and destructive the greed and corruption of the elites is to you and your generations yet unborn?

A wasted generation of stupid thieves!

Now sit back and ask yourself, does it really make any iota of sense in trusting a typical Nigerian politician?No!

Until the masses unite and pressure these greedy fools to do what they are meant to do, the sufferings will continue.

Wake up!

Ponder on these things the elite have used to divide you for so long. You never chose the tribe or religion you were born into. Wake up Nigerians! Enough of the stupidity.

Re: Why Can't FG Fix Refineries And Sideline Dangote? - Agbakoba by helinues: 1:32pm On Jul 22, 2024
Why is Dangote also making unnecessary noise?

Since things have been favouring him, he never complained, so he should stop bugging us about his differences with the FG
Re: Why Can't FG Fix Refineries And Sideline Dangote? - Agbakoba by bennybuhari: 1:33pm On Jul 22, 2024
Best question ever!
Re: Why Can't FG Fix Refineries And Sideline Dangote? - Agbakoba by Chinkoalhaji34: 1:49pm On Jul 22, 2024
Na wah o! Like saying FG no get plan at all. Meanwhile, Dangote dey shine like star while our refineries dey gather dust. If na to sideline, make dem try focus on fixing first before we start talking strategy. E go make sense for everybody!
Re: Why Can't FG Fix Refineries And Sideline Dangote? - Agbakoba by AAAA67: 1:55pm On Jul 22, 2024
Corruption and poor. Management can never allow government to get it right..
We still have a long way to go.
Corruption is seriously fighting back, it's not going to be easy
Re: Why Can't FG Fix Refineries And Sideline Dangote? - Agbakoba by Standing5(m): 1:59pm On Jul 22, 2024
Exactly. Fix them and end the idea of monopoly on the spot. But they are liars who wont do what they are suppose to because they are the beneficiaries of the comatose refineries.
Re: Why Can't FG Fix Refineries And Sideline Dangote? - Agbakoba by Racoon(m): 2:00pm On Jul 22, 2024
Simply because of lack of political will secondary to entrenched government institutionalised corruption.
Re: Why Can't FG Fix Refineries And Sideline Dangote? - Agbakoba by alezzy13: 2:01pm On Jul 22, 2024
Good question!!

The claim is that he was given subsidised dollars to enable the completion of the refinery. Honestly to me, that issue is neither here nor there. Bottom line is we can the result! He delivered!!

What about the billions devoted to TAT of our state owned refineries?? Why is no one asking about that??
Re: Why Can't FG Fix Refineries And Sideline Dangote? - Agbakoba by OkCornel(m): 2:05pm On Jul 22, 2024
alezzy13:
Good question!!

The claim is that he was given subsidised dollars to enable the completion of the refinery. Honestly to me, that issue is neither here nor there. Bottom line is we can the result! He delivered!!

What about the billions devoted to TAT of our state owned refineries?? Why is no one asking about that??
Check how much these fraudsters have spent on Turn around maintenance of the refineries from 1999 till date. Then compare it to the cost of Dangote refinery.

That is two Dangote refineries plus a few billion dollars to spare!
Re: Why Can't FG Fix Refineries And Sideline Dangote? - Agbakoba by jkpbestseries: 2:13pm On Jul 22, 2024
i have something to say
Re: Why Can't FG Fix Refineries And Sideline Dangote? - Agbakoba by DMerciful(m): 2:20pm On Jul 22, 2024
Seriously?
helinues:
Why is Dangote also making unnecessary noise?

Since things have been favouring him, he never complained, so he should stop bugging us about his differences with the FG
Re: Why Can't FG Fix Refineries And Sideline Dangote? - Agbakoba by helinues: 2:22pm On Jul 22, 2024
DMerciful:
Seriously?
Yes seriously. No be you people dey shout before say Dangote has monopolized most of the products he is producing in Nigeria ?
Re: Why Can't FG Fix Refineries And Sideline Dangote? - Agbakoba by ScratchDtoto: 2:24pm On Jul 22, 2024
helinues:
Yes seriously. No be you people dey shout before say Dangote has monopolized most of the products he is producing in Nigeria ?
Try to run a business or tell your father to run a business I’m not talking about were you smoke cigarettes and kai kai

I mean business worth millions in Nigeria of today then come back and tell me what you think
Re: Why Can't FG Fix Refineries And Sideline Dangote? - Agbakoba by Melagros(m): 2:25pm On Jul 22, 2024
COMRADES, which FG? The current one? The answer is NO!

A government that will fix these refineries is coming in 2027, but not the government of APC and Tinubu
Re: Why Can't FG Fix Refineries And Sideline Dangote? - Agbakoba by omowolewa: 2:25pm On Jul 22, 2024
No
Re: Why Can't FG Fix Refineries And Sideline Dangote? - Agbakoba by ScratchDtoto: 2:27pm On Jul 22, 2024
helinues:
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Sorry for always disturbing, help us with this boy derailing threads. Had it been you guys have also been banning all his reported moniker permanently, he won't be able to use them again. This particular one has been banned severally
Why are you spilling trash

You don’t want to feel what dangote is feeling?
Re: Why Can't FG Fix Refineries And Sideline Dangote? - Agbakoba by DMerciful(m): 2:28pm On Jul 22, 2024
So you wanna cut your nose to spite your face?

Monopoly is taking advantage of being a single supplier to increase price. Do you think Dangote will sell petrol higher than imported ones?

If no, why not buy from him rather than importing?
helinues:
Yes seriously. No be you people dey shout before say Dangote has monopolized most of the products he is producing in Nigeria ?
Re: Why Can't FG Fix Refineries And Sideline Dangote? - Agbakoba by helinues: 2:28pm On Jul 22, 2024
DMerciful:
So you wanna cut your nose to spite your face?

Monopoly is taking advantage of being a single supplier to increase price. Do you think Dangote will sell petrol higher than imported ones?

If no, why not buy from him rather than importing?
Try and be consistent with your arguments.

When you guys were complaining about Dangote's monopoly, did you see us shooking mouth?

Una go just dey shift the goal post anyhow
Re: Why Can't FG Fix Refineries And Sideline Dangote? - Agbakoba by ScratchDtoto: 2:29pm On Jul 22, 2024
helinues:
Try and be consistent with your arguments.
Try and have a brain to comprehend
Re: Why Can't FG Fix Refineries And Sideline Dangote? - Agbakoba by budaatum: 2:36pm On Jul 22, 2024
nairavsdollars:
"The simple alternative for us all is this - let Nigeria work . Let there be light . Let there be food . Let there be water. Let there be jobs . Let there be money schools health care roads etc" .
Funny Nigerians think they can just utter "let there be", and "there is", because the book they got it from has that early in the beginning and leaves out all that was between "let there be", and "there was". In the same breathe, they quickly forget they were not created in God's image to "Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground”, but were created from mud and ordered to slave naked in a tiny poxy garden.

Until we Nigerians eat the fruits of the trees of knowledge so our eyes open and we discover that knowledge does not kill but will make us be as gods, all our "let there be" will end up with us yelling "Nepa!"

Re: Why Can't FG Fix Refineries And Sideline Dangote? - Agbakoba by DMerciful(m): 2:40pm On Jul 22, 2024
So you're taking strategic decisions based on emotions?

When there are other players and you force them out to favor Dangote, people will complain but when there are no players because the 4 national refineries are in comatose, you encourage anyone that has shown capacity.

Wisdom is profitable to direct
helinues:
Try and be consistent with your arguments.

When you guys were complaining about Dangote's monopoly, did you see us shooking mouth?

Una go just dey shift the goal post anyhow
Re: Why Can't FG Fix Refineries And Sideline Dangote? - Agbakoba by papyjaypaul: 3:07pm On Jul 22, 2024
We have come back to Square One. How can one country put all its hope on ONE MANhuh Who do they think they're foolinghuh After lying to us that our refineries will start working before Buhari left, they tried to shift renewed hope to Dangote, a private business man thinking they can fool us. Dangote can decide to close his refinery tomorrow, it's his private business, not national business even if we have shares there.

Re: Why Can't FG Fix Refineries And Sideline Dangote? - Agbakoba by OkCornel(m): 3:07pm On Jul 22, 2024
Hmmm
Re: Why Can't FG Fix Refineries And Sideline Dangote? - Agbakoba by Vyzz: 3:09pm On Jul 22, 2024
helinues:
Why is Dangote also making unnecessary noise?

Since things have been favouring him, he never complained, so he should stop bugging us about his differences with the FG
Calm down.

He's a Nigerian and has the right to do as he pleases.

Nigerian isn't working and that's the TRUTH
Re: Why Can't FG Fix Refineries And Sideline Dangote? - Agbakoba by papyjaypaul: 3:12pm On Jul 22, 2024
papyjaypaul:
Has anyone noticed there is one story per week to distract us withhuh

Watch out, by next Sunday, they will release another track for Nigerians to dance to.

I remember when Onyema was always on the news talking about the problems of Air Peace with the cabals and management theorists were telling him to use an image maker or let someone else do the talking. I was just laughing then because Nigeria is a classic case, you need to fight madness with madness. Dangote doesn't give interviews all the time, this time, Dangote called a press interview to speak about his problems grin Tell him to give the COO or PR this work to do, sheybi Africa's richest man can buy anything grin
Re: Why Can't FG Fix Refineries And Sideline Dangote? - Agbakoba by ElevationD: 3:48pm On Jul 22, 2024
ScratchDtoto:
Try to run a business or tell your father to run a business I’m not talking about were you smoke cigarettes and kai kai

I mean business worth millions in Nigeria of today then come back and tell me what you think
How do you expect that fellow to understand how things work? Ask him if he has ever ventured out of his tiny window one room apartment to other states at least. A quick search will find that he cannot get the Tfare.
Re: Why Can't FG Fix Refineries And Sideline Dangote? - Agbakoba by ivandragon: 4:04pm On Jul 22, 2024
Lol.
Re: Why Can't FG Fix Refineries And Sideline Dangote? - Agbakoba by Savedday2: 4:58pm On Jul 22, 2024
Sometimes, I think when our leaders get into office, they become extremely clueless.
Re: Why Can't FG Fix Refineries And Sideline Dangote? - Agbakoba by bennybuhari: 8:25pm On Jul 22, 2024
It's a political war against Dangote
Savedday2:
Sometimes, I think when our leaders get into office, they become extremely clueless.
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