Dr. Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu, GMD, NNPC |
The Group
Managing Director of NNPC, Dr. Emmanuel
Ibe Kachikwu, made this development known at an interactive session with
news men in Lagos.
In Dr. Kachikwu’s
own words: “By the end of December when the 90-day
ultimatum will expires, any refinery that does not work optimally will be sold.
I am determined to make a difference during my tenure. We are losing N2.2
trillion monthly to refinery inefficiency. As at today, the average refining
performance is 30 percent.
“If
by December, the refineries don’t work, I will export crude allocation and
import refined petroleum products until we fix the refineries. Right now, the
Port Harcourt refinery is showing signs that it will meet the December
deadline.
“However,
I am not saying Warri and Kaduna refineries will not meet the deadline, but I
hope they all make it, so that we can continue to utilise our crude allocation
to boost domestic refining.”
The NNPC
boss communicated optimism that the NNPC cash call arrears, which stood at N1.1
trillion, would be settled by the end of December 2015.
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