A few months back, when renowned prophet, Primate Elijah Ayodele warned Aliko Dangote to be careful not to have a confrontation with the Nigerian government, many may not have seen the possibility of that coming to pass because as far as everyone knows, Dangote is a friend of the current administration and there has been rarely any government that doesn’t support Dangote in Nigeria.
Aside from that, Dangote is known to be reserved, hardly criticizes government policies, he is always about his business therefore, it would be unrealistic to say the richest man in Africa would have issues with the government of the day.
Primate Ayodele briefly warned him in a video shortly after the commissioning of his refinery that he would face challenges and proceeded to tell the manner of challenges he would face.
‘’Dangote should be ready for a very big challenge, I am seeing confusion and I see that he needs to be careful so that he won’t have a confrontation with the government.’’
However, against all imaginations and thoughts, Dangote has been directly involved in a disagreement with government agencies about his refinery. The businessman had laid several accusations but a few days ago, the CEO of The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority, Farouk Ahmed broke the camel’s back by releasing damning statements against Dangote.
He mentioned that Dangote’s refinery is still at the pre-commissioning stage and has not been licensed. He also spoke about the quality of petroleum products, disclosing that they are of low quality.
“There are lots of concerns about the supply of petroleum products nationwide and the claims by some media houses that we were trying to scuttle Dangote refinery, that is not so.
“Dangote Refinery is still in the pre-commissioning stage. It has not been licensed yet. We have not licensed them yet.”
“I think they are at about 45 percent completion. So we cannot rely heavily on one refinery to feed the nation because Dangote is requesting that we should suspend or stop all importation of petroleum products, especially automotive gas oil (AGO) or jet kero and direct all marketers to the refinery,”
These statements have indicated that all isn’t well with the businessman and the current government, underscoring the credibility of Primate Ayodele’s prophecy.
