Be Moderate In Your PMS Price, Segun Showunmi Begs Dangote

ABEOKUTA – As Dangote oil refinery begins supply of 25 million litres of petrol to the Nigerian market daily, a chieftain of PDP in Ogun State, Otunba Segun Showunmi has appealed to Alhaji Aliko Dangote to be moderate in the price of his PMS.

Recall that the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) had disclosed on Tuesday that the 25milllion litres supply will rise to 30 million litres from October.

The NMDPRA said it met with the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited to agree on local crude supply to the refinery.

The President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, formally announced that the 650,000-capacity oil refinery in Lagos has commenced petrol production.

In a live broadcast on Tuesday, Dangote said the supply of petrol into Nigeria would change the country’s energy landscape.

But the PDP Chieftain, in a statement issued in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital on Tuesday commended Aliko Dangote for redeeming Nigeria’s pride as black nation and contributing value to Nigeria economy with the coming on stream of the PMS from Dangote refinery.

Showunmi noted that, Nigerians have bored heavy burden of fuel hike for so long from NNPC and other major marketers, urging Dangote to take the masses into consideration.

He urged Dangote to consider nationalism, patriotism and empathy above profit.

He said, “Thank you, for on this day you redeemed our pride as black people, as humans capable of contributing value and engaging in the activities that others do. With the coming on stream of the PMS from your Dangote Refinery.

“A grateful nation thanks you.

As a pan-Nigerian Patriot, I thank you from the depth of my soul for the shame had gone on for too long.

“You must try as much as possible to be moderate in your pricing for our people have bored such a heavy burden for so long, I get sustainable pricing but ensure that the markup takes into consideration our people.

“You come from a long-standing historical business family from the great Alhassan your great-grandfather to Sanusi your grandfather to your beloved father Mohammed Dangote, not leaving out your supportive mother Hajia Mariya, whose stories of charity and zakat I was told way back in 1998/1999 by locals in Kano.

“Profit is good but nationalism, patriotism and empathy must be your guide.

“Oh, Our Creator bless and preserve Dangote Refinery, The Workers, and all that have dealings with it. Let this effort be preserved, let it grow from strength to strength. As you have preserved Rockefeller does preserve and sustain Aliko Dangote for generations.

“Now let the giant called Nigeria awake, stand up, and take its rightful place in the comity of nations.”

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