Tag: Farooq Kperogi

Feedback For Farooq’s Fallacy, By Emeka Okonta

Emeka Okonta

In this age and century, Mr. Kperogi, based on gossip and hearsay he claimed he had with his “friend,”is now advocating not competence, not experience, but ethnicity as a major consideration for anyone who should head an agency that will regulate an industry with active participation by Royal Dutch Shell, American oil multinationals like ExxonMobil and Chevron, France-headquartered TotalEnergies, Italian Agip among UK stock exchange-listed oil giants like Seplat and others.   “I haven’t independently confirmed the accuracy of this claim” is one of the many clauses used by Mr.…

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Why Only Nigerians Call Petrol PMS, By Farooq Kperogi

ADEOLA YUSUF

▪️”Almost without exception,…Nigerian newspapers mislead their readers into thinking that everyone in the English-speaking world recognizes “premium motor spirit” as the real name for petrol.”   I am taking a break from political commentary to everyday language usage this week. A few weeks ago, a British journalist who writes about oil and gas wrote to thank me for past articles I wrote that explained why Nigerians call “petrol” “Premium Motor Spirit.” “While I have always assumed PMS meant petrol, I never knew exactly why this term was so widespread in…

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