The Independent Petrol Marketers Association of Nigeria has faulted the Minister of State for Petroleum, Chief Timipre Sylva, over his assurance on the completion of the Port Harcourt refinery.
He stated that the Federal Government was not committed to fixing the refineries and seeing it function.
According to him, Nigeria is the only member of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries without a functional refinery. The statement read in part, “The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources did promise Nigerians that the Port Harcourt refinery will commence operations by December 2022, but he failed. Secondly, he promised the first quarter of 2023, but he failed. Now he is saying second quarter of 2023, he will definitely fail. They are not committed to seeing the refinery functional. They are comfortable importing of the international market because they have shares in those foreign refineries.
“It will take a corrupt-free government to make our refineries functional, then and only the consistent fuel scarcity will be a thing of the past and Nigerians will buy fuel less than #100 per liter.”All rights reserved. This material, and other digital content on this website, may not be reproduced, published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed in whole or in part without prior express written permission from PUNCH.
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