An aide to former President Olusegun Obasanjo has described as insulting the open invitation by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, for the former president for a tour of the newly revived Port Harcourt and Warri Refineries.
Akinyemi, the spokesperson to erstwhile president made the statement on Friday.
Recall Theliberationnews reported that NNPCL invited the ex-president to the revamped facilities after he accused the state-owned oil firm of rejecting Aliko Dangote’s $750 million to take over the Port Harcourt and Kaduna refineries.
Obasanjo had faulted NNPCL for turning down Dangote’s offer, saying the oil firm could neither manage nor resuscitate the refineries.
However, reacting to NNPCL’s invite to tour the revived Port Harcourt and Warri Refineries, Akinyemi said the pattern of the invite was a clear disrespect to the office of a former president of Nigeria.
According to him, NNPCL had not deemed it fit to formally invite his boss for the said tour.
“Is that the right way to invite a former president of the country? Who says Baba has even seen the statement or read the news? It is a total disrespect for the office of the former president.
“Ask the NNPCL that as of January 2, have they written to him? Is there any official letter addressed to him, inviting him to the refinery?
“It is an absolute insult, and the former president cannot dignify such with a response,” Obasanjo’s aide stated.
