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The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Senator Heineken Lokpobiri has stated reports he directed the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) to stop running its refineries and focus solely on equity participation in other refineries is false.

He made this known in a statement late Tuesday.

Lokpobiri clarified that the viral statement does not represent him as the minister overseeing the oil sector, nor does it reflect the stance of the Federal Government.

The statement reads: “My attention has been drawn to statements attributed to Engr. Kamoru Busari, Director of Upstream in the Ministry of Petroleum Resources, who represented me at a recent conference in Lagos.

“I wish to categorically state that the claim that I directed the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) to stop running its own refineries and focus solely on equity participation in other refineries is false.

“This does not represent my position as Minister overseeing the oil sector, nor does it reflect the stance of the Federal Government.

“It is important to clarify that NNPCL is a company governed under the Companies and Allied Matters Act (CAMA), with a functional board and management. The Ministry of Petroleum Resources does not control or run NNPCL, as it operates independently like any corporate entity.

“The oil and gas sector is fully deregulated, and the Nigerian government remains committed to promoting in-country refining. We encourage companies, including NNPCL, to operate independently, following global best practices. While we provide strategic guidance, we do not interfere directly in the operations of these companies.

“I reaffirm our commitment to ing the growth and independence of NNPCL, ensuring that its operations are in line with international standards for efficiency and transparency and profitability.”

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Oya tell them to resume

PORTH HARCOURT Refinery will Kickstart by December 😆😆 in the mud .

LIARS AND DENIALS yet they claim to be elders deserving respect 😆😆 Facial appearance is for deceit in this part of the world

BeeBeeOoh:


https://thenationonlineng.net/just-in-i-didnt-direct-nnpcl-to-stop-running-its-refinery-lokpobiri/#google_vignette

BeeBeeOoh:


https://thenationonlineng.net/just-in-i-didnt-direct-nnpcl-to-stop-running-its-refinery-lokpobiri/#google_vignette

This country sef 😆😅😂

Denials on obvious things

Damnnn niggar

Isoright

slaawomirr:
Damnnn niggar

Isoright

You swallow gum

🙄

BeeBeeOoh:


https://thenationonlineng.net/just-in-i-didnt-direct-nnpcl-to-stop-running-its-refinery-lokpobiri/#google_vignette

una no dey tire

Nonsense

Will also deny this statement and then issue another one.

Very foolish man.

Then you have to sack that Kamoru Busari who went there to represent you but ended up misrepresenting you before we can take you seriously sir.

BeeBeeOoh:


https://thenationonlineng.net/just-in-i-didnt-direct-nnpcl-to-stop-running-its-refinery-lokpobiri/#google_vignette

Wat a country

Minister Wil jus open mouth waaaaaa.

This lokobirir always preach doom to the poor. Never has e say word to breathe hope

Just look at your face and self do you look like somebody that could be considered a serious minded individual or a misfit for the office and a composite failure and disgrace to niger delta for axiomatic performance of petroleum you assisted in the mortgaging of the future of niger delta region

Everyone in this agbado's istration is behaving anyhow.

When they lie and they are caught, they change mouth.

Non.sense!

Newton1045:
Wat a country

Minister Wil jus open mouth waaaaaa.

This lokobirir always preach doom to the poor. Never has e say word to breathe hope

the senseless poor should remain poorer, e get why 😀😀

SICK CITIZEN PRODUCED SICK LEADERSHIP, POOR MENTALITY, POOR IDEA, KEEP OUR MOTHERLAND LOOK LIKE WASTE LAND, AFTER 64 YEARS OF INDEPENDENCE

How can you send someone to represent you at a function you don't know or trust?

NNPC has refinery?

Hehehehehehehe, this guy too like vavulence

Emmanuelcann:
NNPC has refinery?

Sack all the workers in the refineries they are lazy don't want to work just want to get paid that's what a friend who use to work there told me. They deliberately sabotage the refineries to get paid for doing nothing. If they are not sacked nothing will work. The amount they budget to repair is enough to build a new refinery that doesn't make sense.
The idiot that should have left the refineries for Dangote to run destroyed this country Yaro Dua see what you put us through.
Hope you are not sleeping well wherever you are or hope Nigeria happen to you in hell that you left us here. Sack the workers if it doesn't work.