The Petroleum and Pure Fuel Senior Workers Affiliation of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) has confirmed the resumption of manufacturing on the Port Harcourt Refinery.
Festus Osifo, President of PENGASSAN, made the announcement whereas addressing newsmen on the conclusion of the Nationwide Govt Council (NEC) assembly in Abuja on Tuesday.
In keeping with NAN, He defined that the profitable rehabilitation of the refinery was achieved via rigorous monetary oversight and the lively participation of unions within the administration of the challenge.
Osifo added that the refinery is now producing key merchandise corresponding to diesel, kerosene, and petrol via its distillation unit.
Reflecting on previous efforts to refurbish the refinery, He attributed their restricted success to an absence of transparency and accountability and counseled the institution of a steering committee, which incorporates representatives from each PENGASSAN and NUPENG, aimed toward guaranteeing transparency and correct administration all through the method.
Whereas acknowledging that the refinery’s revival is a major milestone, Osifo highlighted that its affect on gas costs stays constrained by the devaluation of the naira. “With the change fee at about N1,700 to 1 greenback, the price of items, together with petroleum merchandise, is sure to stay excessive,” he stated.
He reiterated PENGASSAN’s name for adopting the Nigeria Liquefied Pure Fuel (NLNG) possession mannequin for managing the nation’s refineries. He additionally urged the federal government to contain respected worldwide oil corporations with experience in refinery administration to duplicate the success seen within the NLNG mannequin for Nigeria’s different refineries.
Backstory
Following a earlier report by Nairametrics, there have been numerous controversies across the Port Harcourt refinery the place Timothy Mgbere, the chief of Alesa neighborhood accused the Nigerian Nationwide Petroleum Firm Restricted (NNPCL) of deceptive Nigerians by claiming that the Port Harcourt refinery is already processing crude oil. Soneye, NNPC spokesperson refuted these claims.
- He additional claimed that the refinery was solely working skeletally and was not producing PMS whereas the NNPC spokesperson Olufemi Soneye criticized the feedback made by the neighborhood chief, describing them as a show of ignorance about refinery operations.
- Mgbere claimed that the outdated Port Harcourt Refinery was solely working skeletally and was not processing PMS. His proof was that the PMS truck-out was completed on the gantry of the brand new Port Harcourt Refinery as in opposition to the gantry of the outdated Port Harcourt Refinery.
Soneye knowledgeable the general public to ignore the claims of the self-acclaimed ‘neighborhood particular person’ that are clearly borne out of sheer mischief and blatant show of ignorance
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