SHUKROH BUSARI
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has assured Nigerians that the Port Harcourt Refinery will become operational by the end of December as earlier promised.
P.M.EXPRESS reports that this was disclosed by the NNPCL Chief Communications Officer, Olufemi Soneye, to the media and stated that they were ready for the take off as planned.
“We have said from time to time that by the end of December, the mechanical completion of the refinery will be completed. Yes, we are still maintaining that. Nothing has changed,” Soneye stated.
He stated that nothing had changed the completion date owing to the certainty the contractors gave to rehabilitate the refinery.
“What they (contractors) said is that all things are working well, and the refineries will be working in December and January. That is what has been there and that is what the contractors have said. And we are working on that timeline. And as NNPCL, we are going around on every milestone we are pushing out information. So, we are working on that December/January,” NNPCL stated.
However, Minister of State for Petroleum (Oil), Heineken Lokpobiri, while inspecting the rehabilitation, said that the NNPCL should be held accountable if the December end timeline is not met.