Abdullahi Sule, the governor of Nasarawa, criticized former president Muhammadu Buhari’s expenditure on the country’s refineries on Thursday.
Sule claimed that despite spending more over $19 billion on them, none of them are operational, adding that the money was utilized to construct the Dangote Refinery in Lagos.
Three refineries that the federal government owns—one each in Kaduna, Port Harcourt (Rivers), and Warri (Delta)—are not yet being used to their full potential.
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Sule bemoaned that the enormous sums of money distributed did not have the desired outcome while speaking on Channels Television Sunrise Daily.
“In the eight years, he (Buhari) spent more money than the $19 billion that Dangote spent in building a refinery.
“That is one and a half times the size of our three refineries. From the government side, I think we didn’t do a good job,” he admitted.
The governor further noted that Dangote’s facility possesses a daily capacity of 650,000 barrels, compared to the refineries’ combined capacity of 450,000.
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Sule claimed that rather than attempting to restore all three refineries, the previous administration should have concentrated on getting one to operate at full capacity.
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