Philanthropist, Firm Disagree over Gas Plant Contract
The last may not have been heard on the crisis over the construction of four gas plants awarded to an oil firm, Moahz Oil & Gas Ltd, by notable philanthropist, Otunba Rotimi Ajanaku.
Moahz Oil at the weekend, expressed disappointment in its client, Ajanaku, for reportedly accusing it of shoddy performance, days after it had publicly commended the company for a job well done.
Ajanaku who is President of O’odua Youths Worldwide, had last week disowned a purported commendation statement credited to him in favour of Moahz Oil and Gas Limited.
In a statement he issued, Ajanaku had said, “I will never commend Moahz Oil and Gas Limited considering my experience with the organisation.
“I was shocked to see the statement credited to me in some dailies , where it was stated that I commended Moahz Oil and Gas Limited for thoroughness and competence.”
Ajanaku alleged that the company’s incompetence and inefficiency cost his company several millions of naira to correct jobs done by the same company that ignorantly used his name to boost it.
But in a swift reply through a statement made available to THISDAY, authorities of Moahz Oil and Gas averred that Ajanaku and his company only came up with “libellous publications” to avoid their overdue financial obligations to Moahz.
The statement with the title, “Re: Ajanaku Rotimi Disclaims a published Statement dated 13th April, 2021 Credited To Him on commendation of Moahz Oil & Gas Limited”, also explained in detail, the business transaction between Ajanaku’s company and Moahz Oil and Gas.
The statement read in part, “The attention of the management of Moahz Oil & Gas Limited has been drawn to a libellous publication by Otunba Rotimi Ajanaku in both the traditional and social media platforms, purportedly disclaiming a statement credited to him commending the exceptional services delivery of the company few months ago.
“Ordinarily, Moahz Oil & Gas Limited would not have joined issues with authors of the publication not only because the said disclaimed commendation was unsolicited and it is within the right of the maker to retract same, but also because of the respect the company hitherto had for the maker.