I have no blending plant in Malta, NNPC boss Kyari responds to Dangote

Mele Kyari, group managing director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, has said he does not have blending plant in Malta or any other business outside the country.

“I am inundated by enquiries from family members, friends and associates on the public declaration by the President of Dangote Group that some NNPC workers have established a blending plant in Malta thereby impeding procurements from local production of Petroleum products,” he said on social media platform X.

“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,” he said.

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

“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,” he added.