Akpan107:
Read below...
and pls, you should kindly tell me ur age.
London (NDR) – There is an adage that
says “a lie repeated several times seems
to be true.” This is exactly the case of
Gen. Muhammadu Buhari as regards to
the Nigerian refineries. Many Nigerians,
maybe out of ignorance believe the lie that Buhari built our 4 refineries. This
can be regarded as the ‘lie of the
century.’ If you are one of those that
believed this repeatedly told lies, this
special and well investigated report by
NewsDay Reporters will cure you of ignorance. For the records, Nigeria has four
refineries namely Port Harcourt, Alesa-
Eleme (PH 1), Warri, Kaduna and PH 11
refineries. In 1960, Shell and the then British
Petroleum (BP) now African Petroleum
(AP) came together in a mutual joint
venture that gave birth to Nigerian
Petroleum Refining Company (NPRC).
This process led to the construction of the now popular Alesa-Eleme (PH 1) in
the outskirts of Port Harcourt with a
capacity of 38,000b/d. The construction
started in 1963 and was completed in
1965 (in this period, where was Buhari?
he just joined the army in 1962). As the demand for local consumption increased
rapidly, the refinery’s capacity was
raised to 60,000b/d after the FG
acquired 60% equity in 1970 and the
remaining 40% in 1978 through the
1977 decree 77. The administration of Gen. Olusegun
Obasanjo, in order to enhance the
performances of the oil sector,
promulgated Decree 77 of 1978
establishing the Nigerian National
Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). The NNPC initially had five bodies, each with
a managing director. They were all
supervised by a group general manager.
The number of subsidiaries rose to nine
and later 11. Following the indigenization policy of
the Federal Military Government under
the Obasanjo’s regime, the name NPRC
was changed to NNPC and its equity
totally bought over by the Federal
Government in 1978. Therefore, the NPRC constructed the first refinery in
Nigeria generally known as Port
Harcourt 1 in 1965 while the NNPC built
the Port Harcourt 11, Warri and Kaduna
refineries. However, the Warri Refinery was
awarded by Yakubu Gowon to
Snamprogetti Spa Milan, Italy in 1975
(in this period, Buhari was the governor
of North-eastern state) at the cost of
$478 million and commenced operation in 1978 (now he was a Petroleum.
Minister). It had the design capacity of
100,000 b/d. The Kaduna Refinery was awarded by
Murtala Mohammed in 1976 and was
built by Chiyoda Engineering and
Construction Company - a Japanese firm,
at the cost of $525 million and was
completed by Obasanjo in 1979 (Buhari's tenure as the Petroleum.
Minister ended in 1978). It had two
refining streams (50,000 b/d fuels
units) and (50,000 b/d lubes, waxes
Asphalt plants). Port Harcourt 11 was awarded by Gen
IBB in 1985 with an installed capacity of
150,000 b/d and completed in 1989.
Meanwhile in 1985, IBB undertook an
expansion of the capacities of the fuels
units in both Warri and Kaduna refineries to 125,000b/d and 110,000b/
d respectively. He therefore added
185,000b/d capacity to the total
445,000b/d as at 1989. No further
addition has been added till date. So, when did Buhari build the four
refineries? Lets I forget, Buhari has no legacy as a
former Head of State despite ruling the
country with an iron-fist. That midget doesn't need your wise inputs... Remember he is among the lying liars..  |
