Arise Television anchor, Rufai Oseni says the credit for the successful establishment of the Dangote Refinery should go to former President Muhammadu Buhari and ex-Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, governor, Godwin Emefiele and not President Bola Tinubu’s administration.
Oseni said this on Monday in response to claims by the Chairman of the Nigeria Revenue Service, NRS, Zacch Adedeji, about the achievements of the Tinubu administration.
Speaking on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics program on Sunday, Adedeji commented on the administration’s economic performance, pointing to increased government revenue and the growing contribution of the Dangote Refinery to local fuel supply.
Oseni, however, said the refinery was made possible by the policies and economic conditions in the Buhari administration, especially the relative stability of the naira when Emefiele was CBN governor.
“When they are trying to say Dangote Refinery is the product of this administration? “It’s not from this administration,” Oseni said.
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“It was the same Buhari’s government that kept the 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 said.
Oseni said some of the crude supply commitments made to Dangote Refinery had not been met by the government.
“Do you know Dangote still has to go and buy Nigerian crude on the international market and bring it back?” He inquired.
While the broadcaster said the Tinubu administration had registered some economic successes, the government also needed to explain the impact of its policies on Nigerians and businesses.
“Yes, it had some victories. I mean, we don’t shy away from that, but also the debilitating effect of what was done to the economy is something that we haven’t recovered from.
“The corporate sector alone has about over 3 trillion in forex problems which they are bouncing on their books.
“The GDP shovel is over 100-some 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.