Nigeria’s former President, Olusegun O basanjo has revealed new details about Nigeria’s refineries’ woes, recounting failed efforts to privatise the plants and the subsequent alleged financial losses of about $2bn by the facilities under government management. Obasanjo disclosed this on Thursday as the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited beckoned the ex-President to visit the recently revamped refineries for a tour. The former President said his successor, Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, rejected a $750m offer from Aliko Dangote, Chairman of Dangote Group, to manage the Port Harcourt and Kaduna refineries in 2007.…
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