Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has advised the Dangote Refinery and

the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission exchange over the

supply of crude to the refinery.

Atiku, in a post on its X handle said, the nurturing and development of the

650,000-capacity refinery should be a primary focus, adding that this

fundamental principle applied equally to investments, whether they were

local or international in nature, and call upon all Nigerians to take resolute

actions to provide reassurance that both internal and external forces, which

are not collaborating to prevent them from reaping the benefits promised by

this eagerly anticipated transformative endeavor.

The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission, in a statement by

its management said, as part of its commitment to ensure the enforcement

of Section 109 of the Petroleum Industry Act, 2021, nine refineries were

supplied crude despite low crude oil production, adding that its strategic

commitments to Nigeria’s energy security had led to the facilitation of the

supply of 32 million barrels of crude to Dangote Refinery and other local

producers in the first half of 2024.