Petroleum Minister inspects Kaduna refinery rehabilitation project

• The promise was among the reasons why the labour called off the national protest which was held in early August this year
• The inspection by the Minister and Kyari is coming barely a month after both officials visited the Warri Refinery to inspect the progress of work done at the facility ahead the December completion date for the project
  

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The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Sen. Heineken Lokpobiri, and the Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, Mele Kyari, have arrived at the Kaduna Refinery & Petrochemicals for the 14th Refineries’ Rehabilitation Steering Committee Meeting.

Accompanied by NNPC Limited officials and other senior government officials, the Minister will also inspect the progress of the ongoing Quick-Fix Project at the Refinery.

This development is in response to President Bola Tinubu’s directive for the swift completion of the nation’s refineries, as he had assured the Nigerian Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress that the refineries would become operational to mitigate the impact of fuel subsidy removal.

The promise was among the reasons why the labour called off the national protest which was held in early August this year.

The inspection by the Minister and Kyari is coming barely a month after both officials visited the Warri Refinery to inspect the progress of work done at the facility ahead the December completion date for the project.

The NNPC Limited had in October last year endorsed the Letter of Intent with Daewoo Engineering and Construction for the revised strategy to quickly fix the Kaduna Refinery.

The signing agreement was held in the presence of former President Muhammadu Buhari, and the President of South Korea.

Kyari had said with the signing of the Letter of Intent, mobilization to site will soon commence.

Kyari had also expressed optimism that with the ongoing rehabilitation of the Port-Harcourt and Warri Refineries, the quest of the NNPC to guarantee energy security for the country had been further boosted.