Fuel production activities at the Port Harcourt refinery in Rivers State has again been postponed, making it a seventh postponement in a row.
As at August 2024, the assurance by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited that the refinery suffered six postponements.
The Chief Financial Officer of the NNPC, Umar Ajiya, had promised that the refinery will commence operations in September 2024, but as at the last day of September, the NNPC did not give an update about the refinery.
Effort made by PUNCH correspondent to get an update about the refinery from the NNPCL did not materialise.
The Chief Corporate Communications Officer of the oil firm, Olufemi Soneye, did not reply to enquiries sent to him on September 22 and 30, 2024.
However, Maire Tecnimont SpA, the contractor overseeing the rehabilitation of the Port Harcourt refinery, said it would provide details on the project’s completion by or before October 2.
The contractor conveyed this through a law firm, Olajide Oyewole LLP, in response to a letter from a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, who had inquired about the completion timeline for the refinery’s rehabilitation.
Meanwhile, Nigerians are hopeful that the refinery will begin operations so that the country can stop fuel importation and witness a crash in the pump prices of petrol.
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