I didn’t criticise Buhari on unhealthy refineries

Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule, has denied criticising former President Muhammadu Buhari for not making the nation’s refineries useful throughout his administration.

In a press release on Monday by his Chief Press Secretary, Ibrahim Addra, defined that he solely spoke concerning the removing of gas subsidy when he appeared on Channels Tv’s breakfast programme, “Dawn Day by day,” on June 8.

He mentioned, “In answering questions on the current removing of oil subsidy, Governor Sule, who has over three many years of world expertise within the oil and gasoline business, spoke on the desirability of removing of the subsidy at this time limit in addition to some systemic issues which have hindered the optimum functioning of the nation’s refineries.

“Governor Sule’s feedback have since been tailored by many media platforms. We’re, nevertheless, baffled by the misrepresentation of some components of the interview as they relate to former President Muhammadu Buhari…”

“The feedback of the governor have been inadvertently twisted to counsel that the governor was blaming the previous President for the woes of the nation’s refineries. That’s removed from the reality”, the assertion reads partly

The assertion additional defined that the governor solely referred within the interview to how the Federal Authorities had been approaching repairs of the three native refineries the fallacious method, saying finances allocation ought to be centered on fixing one by one as an alternative of sharing on the three.

“Governor Sule’s response was: ‘Now we have been approaching the repairs the fallacious method. A refinery has many elements, and as soon as a finances of say $2 billion is accredited and the funds launched, as an alternative of utilizing the complete cash to repair one, the quantity is shared.

“That’s why through the years we spent extra on Flip Round Upkeep than what Dangote has spent within the building of a brand new refinery, with out considerable outcomes. As soon as it will get to the administration of every refinery, you will note that the cash can solely restore a part or two whereas leaving the remainder of the refinery in unhealthy form.’

“One then wonders how this assertion interprets to faulting (former) Mr. President whom the governor refers to as a father and can proceed to take action for the remainder of his life”