Is the Port Harcourt Refinery now born again?, By Simbo Olorunfemi

Some have raised questions on the timing of the commencement of operation of the Port Harcourt Refinery, citing it as an attempt to sabotage the Dangote project. That is strange, given that the Buhari administration in giving support to the Dangote Refinery project did so without losing sight of its responsibility for the state-owned refineries, which was why it committed itself to the rehabilitation of the four refineries by awarding those major contracts. The Tinubu administration has only followed up on that by extending more support to NNPCL…

Miles away from Alesa-Eleme, where Nigeria’s oldest Refinery is situated, one can see the orange tongue of flame teasing the Port Harcourt skies. One might liken it to the white smoke from the chimney on the roof of the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican announcing the selection of a new Pope. The flare sits in the sky announcing from afar the dawn of a new era at the refinery. In a way, it is a statement of…