Sule: Buhari Spent over $19bn on Fixing Refineries in Eight Years Without Results Doubts Nigeria’s petrol consumption data RMAFC: NNPCL's N8.48tn subsidy claims still unreconciled, backs removal
Ndubuisi Francis, Emmanuel Addeh and James Emejo in Abuja
The governor of Nasarawa State, Mr. Abdullahi Sule, yesterday stated that the Muhammadu Buhari
administration expended over $19 billion on repairing Nigeria’s four refineries in eight years without
commensurate results. Speaking on Channels Television, the governor, who was Managing
Director of African Petroleum (AP) about two decades ago, stated that the process of fixing the country’s
refineries was largely mismanaged. Continued on page 5
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ExxonMobil PresidentVisits Tinubu Amid Lingering Stalemate over $1.3bn Oil Assets Sale Emmanuel Addeh in Abuja President Bola Tinubu yesterday Continued on page 5
Tinubu Meets Senators, Members-elect, Charges Them to Work Together, Choose Own Leaders Urges them to put nation’s interest above other considerations PDP moves to back Yari’s faction to create upset, says opposition parties will maximise their numbers Abiodun: Governors across parties have accepted APC's candidates Deji Elumoye, Chuks Okocha and Udora Orizu in Abuja President Bola Tinubu, yesterday, met members-elect of the 10th National Assembly across the different political parties and charged them to work together to choose good leaders for both chambers after their inauguration on June 13. Although Tinubu met the lawmakers behind closed doors, THISDAY gathered that the president also told the gathering to go into the next session of the National Assembly with the single resolve of putting the nation ahead of partisanship in the discharge of their duties. But legislators elected on the platform of the opposition Peoples Continued on page 5
EXXONMOBIL VISITS AN ALUMNUS AND PRESIDENT... L –R: Chairman, Managing Director, ExxonMobil, Mr. Richard Laing; President Bola Ahmed Tinubu; President, Exxon Mobil, Liam Mallon and Executive Director Mrs. Adesua Dozie during GODWIN OMOIGUI the courtesy visit of ExxonMobil Executives to the Presidential Villa, Abuja ...yesterday
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