Twenty-five licenses given to companies for establishment of refineries in the last 10 years remain dormant.[ad] Group Managing Director of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL), Mele Kyari, disclosed this in Abuja, yesterday, at a summit organised by Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN).
• PENGASSAN wants workers' salaries in dollar equivalent • ‘N’Assembly will defend Nigerians' interests’ Twenty-five licenses given to companies for establishment of refineries in the last 10 years remain dormant.
Speaking on allegations of corruption in the oil sector, he explained that once the price differential between one location and another is substantial, fraud is not unlikely. He added that every country has one form of subsidy or the other, and there is no reason the Nigerian government should not implement one.
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