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Arise Television anchor, Rufai Oseni, has said former President Muhammadu Buhari and ex-Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, governor, Godwin Emefiele, deserve credit for the successful establishment of the Dangote Refinery, rather than President Bola Tinubu’s administration.

Oseni made the remarks on Monday while reacting to claims by the Chairman of the Nigeria Revenue Service, NRS, Zacch Adedeji, about the achievements of the Tinubu administration.

Adedeji had appeared on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics programme on Sunday, where he discussed the administration’s economic performance and highlighted increased government revenue and the growing contribution of the Dangote Refinery to local fuel supply.

However, Oseni argued that the refinery was largely enabled by policies and economic conditions under the Buhari administration, particularly the relative stability of the naira during Emefiele’s tenure as CBN governor.

“When they try to say Dangote Refinery is a product of this administration? It’s not a product of this administration,” Oseni said.

“It was the same Buhari administration that kept Naira stable, and the Emefiele they call names today was the one that kept Naira stable so that Dangote would be able to build that refinery,” he added.

Oseni also said the government had failed to meet some of the crude supply commitments made to Dangote Refinery.

“Do you know that Dangote still has to go and buy Nigerian crude on the international market and bring it back?” He asked.


The broadcaster acknowledged that the Tinubu administration had recorded some economic gains but said the government must also account for the impact of its policies on Nigerians and businesses.

“Yes, it got some wins. I mean, we don’t shy away from that, but also the debilitating effect of what was done on the economy is something we’ve not recovered from.

“The corporate sector shovel of about over 3 trillion in forex problems alone, which they are rebounding on their books.

“The GDP shovel of over 100 something billion, but the individual cost on the lives of people that you and I are both paying, can they bring out that cost?” Oseni asked.

I SUPPORTED AND PUSHED FOR DANGOTE REFINERY BEFORE AND WHEN I BECAME THE PRESIDENT. TINUBU REVEALED. pic.twitter.com/m0FbUneNCa

— SecuredNaija1 (@kidspatriot) August 9, 2026

9jatriot:
Every day, you guys try to paint Buhari as a failure, but when a road is commissioned, we hear that it was Buhari who did it, now, Buhari is credited with the refinery. Does that mean you guys have been lying about the poor man?

AMINDA:
Legacy is achieved, not claimed. All the achievement bandits have been doing leading up to the election is claiming projects that were executed by Buhari. Record-breaking loans and Record-breaking revenues but nothing to show. 3 budgets running concurrently with only 5% released for infrastructure in 3 years. Beyond the propaganda and noise, where is the money going to?

9jatriot:
Every day, you guys try to paint Buhari as a failure, but when a road is commissioned, we hear that it was Buhari who did it, now, Buhari is credited with the refinery. Does that mean you guys have been lying about the poor man?

9jatriot:
Leave all this your snake 'oye' grammar. Can we now claim that Buhari was not a bad president, as many of them have been trying to force down our throats, or is he only good when you want to ensure that Tinubu does not get credit for any project?

AMINDA:
Buhari was the best civilian president who governed Nigeria as far as tangible infrastructural projects are concerned. He did all that while still paying all forms of subsidies and battling two recessions with covid 19 pandemic. Facts!

9jatriot:
Thank you, this is close to what I want to hear.

I hate it when that man is demonized. I know he had his fault but to hear people call him a failure is what I do not agree with.

Kemetian:
They will rather praise Buhari because he's no longer there, and in their desperation to unseat Tinubu, Buhari becomes their new Angel Gabriel.

Don't be surprised if they equate him to Mandela soon..

AMINDA:
Data does not lie. No civilian president since amalgamation have delivered more projects than Buhari in terms of roads, rails, ports, bridges, and power plants.

Lithiumite:
Even dangote knows tinubu should get his flowers for the take off of the refinery.......he could have frustrated it or killed it entirely........I don't understand what rufai is fuzzing about,even tinubu as said it countless times that he inherited both the assets and liabilities of the buhari admin and have you ever heard him complain.

Svoboda:
Trust me, that refinery had gone too far that, even though Tinubu was at first reluctant to grant Dangote govt support, he knew that denying him support and keeping the refinery inactive was inevitably going to backfire right in his face. For how long did the govt prevaricate before crude was eventually supplied to him from nnpc?

Even Dangote had to turn to content creation to make his point that forces within the govt were frustrating him.


The full credit goes to Buhari and emefiele.

Lithiumite:
You think tinubu ended subsidy without assurances from dangote,you think those 2 are strangers to each other.......dangote himself kept adducing the success of the project to tinubu's unwavering support... .you really underestimate the power of the president, just one policy can bring that refinery down and dangote on his knees.......its funny you don't even realise that without subsidy removal that refinery would still not have taken off......he is the largest beneficiary of that policy.

AMINDA:
Buhari was the best civilian president who governed Nigeria as far as tangible infrastructural projects are concerned. He did all that while still paying all forms of subsidies and battling two recessions with covid 19 pandemic. Facts! It's Tinubu's lackeys who spent 8 years defending Buhari only to turn 360 to begin insulting him for 3 years. It's few months to elections and they are now back loving Buhari again while campaigning on his achievements. At least, other regions have stayed consistent in their opinions about Buhari.

9jatriot:
Every day, you guys try to paint Buhari as a failure, but when a road is commissioned, we hear that it was Buhari who did it, now, Buhari is credited with the refinery. Does that mean you guys have been lying about the poor man?

Streetinvestor2:
But Buhari performed better that this baron even though he is a failure to other government. Before him
This is the worst government since the creation of nigeria. Dangote Refinery is a product of Buhari government. It is on record he commissioned it before the end of his tenure as the Refinery was already completed. The baron even refused to supply the needed quantity of crude to run the Refinery and instead was giving new licences for importation. Till Dangote declared war on them and went to even court