The Coalition of Niger Delta Lawyers on Energy Reforms and Transparency in the Oil and Gas Sector, has urged the Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, Mele Kyari, to ensure that the Port Harcourt Refinery becomes operational before the end of September.
DAILY POST reports that several deadlines given by the NNPCL for the Port Harcourt refinery to come on steam have not been met. At a press conference jointly addressed on Tuesday by Barr Dickens Opu and Barr Werigbelegha Zinake, the group expressed sadness that despite the billions of naira that had been earmarked and disbursed for the functionality of the refinery, it had remained a mirage.
'The attendant impact on the socio-economic life in the Niger Dental region can only be imagined. “A situation where oil-producing communities are made to purchase fuel at a rate higher than most parts of the country is an anomaly perpetuated by the Mele Kyari-led management of the NNPCL. This is indeed a sorry tale in our quest for sustainable growth and development. 'Those behind this anomaly are indeed bent on further impoverishing the people of the Niger Delta region.
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