₦airaland Forum

Legal luminary and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Chief Femi Falana has berated the federal government over its inability to build a functional refinery to address the lingering crisis in regulating fuel prices in the country.

Falana was reacting, in an interview with VanguardliveTV, to the recent botched hike in fuel price that saw the federal government debunking an earlier statement by the PPPRA announcing 212 naira as the new pump price of petrol.

Falana said it is a shame on the part of the Nigerian government that an individual like Dangote can build a refinery that refines 600 barrels of fuel per day and the government of Nigeria cannot even build four functional refineries to address the crisis of fuel in the country.

He said, “It is a shame that an individual like Dangote can build a refinery to refine 600 barrels of oil per day and the Nigerian govt cannot.

“PPPRA just woke up one morning and said they want to sell petrol for 212 naira and the president and no one knows about it? And no one has been fired.” The law only permits the petroleum minister to such within legal frameworks”

On whether market forces can determine the pump price of petroleum products,

Falana said, “Market forces exist in the imagination of imperialist as far as our laws are concerned there is no place for market forces determining prices of petrol.”

Falana also bemoans the approach of the government in tackling the activities of oil marketers in the country.

He stated that “This is an oil-producing country and on a yearly basis huge money is an earmark for fixing refineries. But instead of fixing refineries, the government imports fuel from other countries including from countries that don’t produce fuel.”

iwaeda:
Falana said it is a shame on the part of the Nigerian government that an individual like Dangote can build a refinery that refines 600 barrels of fuel per day and the government of Nigeria cannot even build four functional refineries to address the crisis of fuel in the country.
https://www.vanguardngr.com/2021/03/hike-in-fuel-price-shame-dangote-could-build-refinery-nigerian-govt-couldnt-maintain-4-falana

Falana is one of the problems we are having in this country!!!

He's neither here nor there! His professionalism is sold to the highest bidder!

If Dangote call him to come and represent him tomorrow now, he will sing another song

If only he's half a man his son was

Wiseandtrue:
Falana is one of the problems we are having in this country!!!

He's neither here nor there! His professionalism is sold to the highest bidder!

If Dangote call him to come and represent him tomorrow now, he will sing another song

If only he's half a man his son was

Wiseandtrue:
Falana is one of the problems we are having in this country!!!

He's neither here nor there! His professionalism is sold to the highest bidder!

If Dangote call him to come and represent him tomorrow now, he will sing another song

If only he's half a man his son was

iwaeda:
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He stated that “This is an oil-producing country and on a yearly basis huge money is an earmark for fixing refineries. But instead of fixing refineries, the government imports fuel from other countries including from countries that don’t produce fuel.”

Wiseandtrue:
Falana is one of the problems we are having in this country!!!

He's neither here nor there! His professionalism is sold to the highest bidder!

If Dangote call him to come and represent him tomorrow now, he will sing another song

If only he's half a man his son was

trutharena:
Nyamurri read nao.

That report up there is not that much to read.

Wiseandtrue:
I thought you are normal before

Goodluck with your dead cells

bigfish3k:
I am shocked you are using that phrase "there was a country"

Kewtt:
Shut up cross dresser

post=99922473:
This is an oil-producing country and on a yearly basis huge money is an earmark for fixing refineries.
But instead of fixing refineries, our government pre democracy and since 1999 imports fuel from other countries including from countries that don’t produce fuel.

There was a country!

Wiseandtrue:
I stand by what I said!!!

Falana is neither here nor there!!!

He says one thing today, the next time it's another

What he's saying is right but will he stick to it if Dangote ask him to represent him tomorrow

Gani Fawehinmi will be turning in his grave!!!

sisisioge:
The country has gone to the dogs! Despite trying several times and having an abandoned one, it remains an impossible project for the country. Could it be a deliberate act to support his business just like they have been doing to power generation? It is well.

Kccheechy:
If only there was a word more powerful than "shameless"... The country is waiting for a refinery owned by a private individual. Meanwhile the project is being financed by the CBN. The CBN has the money to finance such a huge project for a private individual who is the richest man in Africa, but no money anywhere for the federal government to set up it's own. It's not as if the price of fuel will reduce once dangote's refinery starts operations.

Clueless and shameless government.

Wiseandtrue:
Falana is one of the problems we are having in this country!!!

He's neither here nor there! His professionalism is sold to the highest bidder!

If Dangote call him to come and represent him tomorrow now, he will sing another song

If only he's half a man his son was

Wiseandtrue:
Falana is one of the problems we are having in this country!!!

He's neither here nor there! His professionalism is sold to the highest bidder!

If Dangote call him to come and represent him tomorrow now, he will sing another song

If only he's half a man his son was