FG Sets Up Framework To Facilitate Naira-For-Crude To Dangote Refinery
By Abimbola Abdullah
The Federal Government has begun implementing the Federal Government’s directive to coordinate service provision from all regulatory, security, and other stakeholders for the smooth execution of the initiative to sell crude oil and petroleum products to the Dangote Refinery in Naira.
To facilitate the process, the government has set up a One-Stop-Shop (OSS) to be located in the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA).
The OSS team comprised of representatives from NPA, Nigerian Navy, Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC), Dangote Group, Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) and National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), with a top official from the NPA Marine and Operations Directorate, Ms. Maureen Ogbonna as its focal person.
Speaking at the inter-agency stakeholders meeting on the One-stop-shop (OSS) at the NPA headquarters in Lagos, the Managing NPA, Abubakar Dantsoho, said: “We are poised to collaborate and provide the efficiencies necessary to deliver on this national imperative of ensuring the availability of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) and other petroleum products.
“We are also setting up a one-stop shop that will coordinate service provision from all regulatory, and security agencies, and other stakeholders to ensure a smooth implementation of this initiative”
