‘NNPCL must account for $3.5bn wasted refinery funds before restart jamboree’ – Umokoro

An vigor adept and accountability advocate, Tekeme Umukoro has demanded accountability from Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited implicit funds spent connected the turnaround attraction of Port Harcourt, Warri, and Kaduna refineries.

He made this known successful a connection connected Thursday.

This comes arsenic NNPCL precocious announced a memorandum of knowing with Chinese firms to restart Nigerian government-owned refineries.

Reacting, Umukoro said NNPCL should archetypal springiness an relationship for the alleged $3.5 cardinal spent connected Nigerian refineries earlier opening different ‘jamboree’ successful the sanction of an MoU with Chinese firms.

He criticized NNPCL for the recurring rhythm of waste, opacity, and unfulfilled promises successful Nigeria’s refinery sector.

Umukoro said the latest statement raised superior accountability concerns, particularly successful airy of erstwhile billions committed to refinery rehabilitation with nary disposable results.

“We person gathered present contiguous due to the fact that Nigeria tin nary longer proceed to tolerate a unsafe rhythm of waste, opacity, and endless promises successful the absorption of the nation’s refineries,” helium said.

“Nigerians person repeatedly been told that the Por...