The Port Harcourt Refining Company, a refinery under the management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited in Rivers State, has again failed to commence operations after about seven postponements.
Recall that NNPCL promised that the Port Harcourt refinery would commence operations for six times.
The refinery has been touted to begin operations by the NNPCL on seven occasions, all of whom have not been fulfilled as of the time of this report.
In July, the Group Chief Executive Officer of the NNPC, Mele Kyari, stated categorically that it would come into operation in early August.
Kyari promised that the refineries would be functional before end of former president Muhammadu Buhari’s administration in May 2023.
The most recent date was promised by the Chief Financial Officer of the NNPC, Umar Ajiya, who said the Port Harcourt refinery would commence operations in September 2024.
In a recent reply to an enquiry by legal luminary, Femi Falana, SAN, it was noted that the contractor overseeing the rehabilitation of the Port Harcourt factory, said it would provide details on the project’s completion by or before October 2.
However, as of Wednesday 2 October there hasn’t been any news on completion of the said Port Harcourt refinery.
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