Kunle Olubiyo, President, Nigeria Consumer Protection Network, has asked the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,EFCC and the Department of State Services,DSS to invite for questioning the President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote over his current sleaze allegation against the Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA), Engr Farouk Ahmed.
He said the invite would allow the business mogul shed lights and offer more verifiable facts on the allegations.
Olubiyo faulted the huge school fees allegedly being paid by the NMDPRA’s boss on his children abroad, saying same fund can conveniently establish a functional modular refinery in Nigeria.
At a press conference on Sunday, Dangote accused the leadership of the NMDPRA of colluding with international traders and oil importers to frustrate local refining through the continued issuance of import licences for petroleum products.
He alleged that Ahmed was living beyond his legitimate means, claiming that four of his children attend secondary schools in Switzerland at costs running into several million dollars.
According to him, such expenditure raised serious questions about potential conflicts of interest and the integrity of regulatory oversight in the downstream petroleum sector.
Dangote alleged that Farouk pays as much as $5 million in tuition fees for his children’s secondary education in Switzerland.
He questioned how many Nigerians could afford such costs.
He added: “The Code of Conduct Bureau, or any other body deemed appropriate by the government, can investigate the matter.
“If he denies it, I will not only publish the tuition he paid at those secondary schools, but I will also take legal steps to compel the schools to disclose the payments made by Farouk.
“I sent my own children to secondary schools here in Nigeria.
“How many Nigerians can afford to pay $5 million for secondary school tuition, not university education? In his home state of Sokoto, many parents are struggling to pay as little as N10,000 in school fees.”
