PassingShot:
Before March 28, 2015 Elections:

6. Feb 2015 - Nigerian Engineers to Repair Refineries for N99bn –NNPC
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation on Wednesday said it had engaged the services of in-house engineers to rehabilitate the country’s three ailing refineries at a cost of $550m (N99bn), down from the $1.6bn (N288bn) presented to it by foreign contractors.
The refineries are the Port Harcourt Refining Company, Kaduna Refining and Petrochemical Company Limited and the Warri Refining and Petrochemical Company Limited.

The Group Executive Director, Refining and Petrochemicals, NNPC, Mr. Ian Udoh, stated that the corporation resolved to use indigenous engineers because it could not pay the bills of foreign contractors who were nominated by the original builders of the refineries.
http://www.punchng.com/business/business-economy/nigerian-engineers-to-repair-refineries-for-n99bn-nnpc/


Still in March 2015:

7. March 2015 – NNPC to repair refineries with $550m
The Turn Around Maintenance (TAM) of the nation’s refineries will cost $550million, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) said yesterday. The corporation blamed the TAM’s delay on the refusal of the original builders of the four refineries to handle the maintenance contracts.
There are two refineries in Port Harcourt, one in Kaduna and another in Warri. They are all working below capacity, unable to meet the consumption demands of Nigerians. http://thenationonlineng.net/new/nnpc-to-repair-refineries-with-550m/

8. As recent as March 6, 2015 - Refineries’ll be back on stream 2016 –NNPC
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, yesterday assured that the nation’s four refineries would be fully back on stream in the first quarter of 2016. The corporation also explained why the refineries have not been working optimally, disclosing that NNPC could not afford to pay the outrageous charges of its builders.

The corporation’s Coordinator, Corporate Planning and Strategy, Dr. Tim Okon, disclosed these while updating members of the Senate Committee on Petroleum (Downstream) on activities of the refineries.
http://nationalmirroronline.net/new/refineriesll-be-back-on-stream-2016-nnpc/
June 18, 2015 - Nigeria’s refineries to resume production next month
http://www.ngrguardiannews.com/2015/06/nigerias-refineries-to-resume-production-next-month-official/


Going by the stated sequence of events in our refineries as given by NNPC, is there any link or development in the time past to warrant getting the latest news that our refineries will resume production in July?

The spokesman, Ohi Alegbe, stated that “the operations resume after a successful turn-around-maintenance (overhaul) of their facilities” but they didn’t just want to make noise about it! Who is fooling who?

Let GEJ’s supporters help us answer the following questions?
1. When has TAM of plants become an action conducted in secrecy?
2. When was the TAM awarded and to which company?
3. If local engineers were used, who paid the N99bn that was reported to be needed as recent as last February?

Conclusion
I am of the strong opinion that GEJ was completely fooled not only by Diezani and her cohorts but also by the sycophants he surrounded himself with. The man must surely be biting his fingers wherever he is currently. In not making our refineries work, the oil cabals saw a huge avenue to corruptly enrich themselves and they seized the opportunity through oil subsidies.

It is not unknown what PMB’s stand on fuel subsidy is. He has consistently maintained that the oil subsidy was a fraud and that he would look into why our refineries have not worked. PMB recently rubbished the fuel subsidy scam when he said “I don’t know what fuel subsidy means” - http://dailytrust.com.ng/sunday/index.php/top-stories/20804-i-don-t-know-what-fuel-subsidy-means-buhari.

The president has also been reported to be set to probe NNPC N30trn unaccounted oil revenue under Jonathan - http://www.nationaldailyng.com/news/latest-news/4116-buhari-set-to-probe-nnpc-n30trn-unaccounted-oil-revenue-under-jonathan

The fact of the matter is that, NNPC’s top shots are aware of what PMB knows. They know him to know the workings of NNPC and our refineries having been a petroleum minister and a former Head of State. As such, it is reasonable to expect the corporation (NNPC) to act differently with him than what they did with GEJ.

The famous quote by Abraham Lincoln is very apt here:
“You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time.”


I therefore challenge any of GEJ's supporters and sympathizers to prove otherwise.

Jorussia:
I can see that you are not matured at all,and you have not been following developments in the country. I asked you are a question about the subsidy budget and instead of you to answer me,you are simply being insincere.

Imokay:


Jonathan has hardly ever adhered to budget provision for subsidy, he started the practice of ballooning the subsidy payment by 4 to 5 times within one year as if Nigerians suddenly started drinking petrol or our population double within a year.

Maghan37:
Was it not in dis same nairaland dat an article was written about hw noithing was wrong with d refineries dat was receiving budget & yet not put into effect 4 cynical reasons on d part of Mrs maduekwe & fellow importers So I wonder why GEJ's admin shld be praised 4 d reinaries dat were not used.

CSTR2:

On one hand it is too early for buhari to stem the tides of bokoharam, yet it is not too early for buhari to claim another man's labours.
Replying to your thread beyond this would be a very stupidd thing to do.
Enjoy your self-delusion with your likes.
Bye.

FreeGlobe:
PassingShot can you update us on what our Minister of Defence General Muhammadu Buhari and NSA General Muhammadu Buhari are doing about capturing of the chibok girls and ending boko haram. Its almost 3 weeks now

FreeGlobe:
Congratulations to the minister of petroleum General Muhammadu Buhari for restoring our refineries within a month I hope you will also work with the minister of defence General Muhammadu Buhari and find a lasting solution to boko haram and bring back our girls as soon as possible. nonsense

Whynotthetruth:


With refineries at full capacity, Nigeria will still import fuel because daily consumption rate far outweighs domestic refining capacity...

Can you compare this with reduced subsidy funding in 2015 budget by Jonathan and see why he did that...

Have you not read here and even in the said post the challenge they have with original project contractors abi builders...Funding incapacitation?...etc

Just when Nigerians were groaning over the
non-availability of petroleum products,
hope seems to be on the horizon.
The Nigerian National Petroleum
Corporation (NNPC) said on Friday four oil
refineries will resume production in July.
Spokesman Ohi Alegbe said the two
refineries in Port Harcout would begin
operations after turnaround maintenance,
followed by those in Warri and Kaduna.
Alegbe was quick to alert Nigerians over the
fact that all the four refineries even at full
capacity, cannot meet up with our demand
on daily basis.
“Even when the refineries work at
full capacity, they can only
produce around 19 million litres of
petrol per day,” he said.
“There will still be a shortfall of
about 21 million litres,” he said,
pointing out that Nigeria consumes
about 40 million litres of petrol per
day.
Nigeria, one of Africa’s top two oil
producers, is forced to import most of its
petrol products due to its ailing refinery
system, which generally runs well below
capacity, sometimes at just 20 percent, due
to neglect and pipeline sabotage.
Major cities in Nigeria are recovering from a
gasoline shortage despite the end of a fuel
distribution strike as fuel marketers, who
are still not importing due to money owed
them, have agreed to distribute fuel brought
in by the state oil company, NNPC.
Alegbe said the turnaround maintenance for
the four refineries had been ongoing since
November.
The NNPC has four refineries, two in Port
Harcourt, one in Kaduna and another in
Warri, but have been non-functional for
some time forcing the country to import
petroleum products.

PassingShot:
Before March 28, 2015 Elections:

6. Feb 2015 - Nigerian Engineers to Repair Refineries for N99bn –NNPC
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation on Wednesday said it had engaged the services of in-house engineers to rehabilitate the country’s three ailing refineries at a cost of $550m (N99bn), down from the $1.6bn (N288bn) presented to it by foreign contractors.
The refineries are the Port Harcourt Refining Company, Kaduna Refining and Petrochemical Company Limited and the Warri Refining and Petrochemical Company Limited.

The Group Executive Director, Refining and Petrochemicals, NNPC, Mr. Ian Udoh, stated that the corporation resolved to use indigenous engineers because it could not pay the bills of foreign contractors who were nominated by the original builders of the refineries.
http://www.punchng.com/business/business-economy/nigerian-engineers-to-repair-refineries-for-n99bn-nnpc/


Still in March 2015:

7. March 2015 – NNPC to repair refineries with $550m
The Turn Around Maintenance (TAM) of the nation’s refineries will cost $550million, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) said yesterday. The corporation blamed the TAM’s delay on the refusal of the original builders of the four refineries to handle the maintenance contracts.
There are two refineries in Port Harcourt, one in Kaduna and another in Warri. They are all working below capacity, unable to meet the consumption demands of Nigerians. http://thenationonlineng.net/new/nnpc-to-repair-refineries-with-550m/

8. As recent as March 6, 2015 - Refineries’ll be back on stream 2016 –NNPC
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, yesterday assured that the nation’s four refineries would be fully back on stream in the first quarter of 2016. The corporation also explained why the refineries have not been working optimally, disclosing that NNPC could not afford to pay the outrageous charges of its builders.

The corporation’s Coordinator, Corporate Planning and Strategy, Dr. Tim Okon, disclosed these while updating members of the Senate Committee on Petroleum (Downstream) on activities of the refineries.
http://nationalmirroronline.net/new/refineriesll-be-back-on-stream-2016-nnpc/
June 18, 2015 - Nigeria’s refineries to resume production next month
http://www.ngrguardiannews.com/2015/06/nigerias-refineries-to-resume-production-next-month-official/


Going by the stated sequence of events in our refineries as given by NNPC, is there any link or development in the time past to warrant getting the latest news that our refineries will resume production in July?

The spokesman, Ohi Alegbe, stated that “the operations resume after a successful turn-around-maintenance (overhaul) of their facilities” but they didn’t just want to make noise about it! Who is fooling who?

Let GEJ’s supporters help us answer the following questions?
1. When has TAM of plants become an action conducted in secrecy?
2. When was the TAM awarded and to which company?
3. If local engineers were used, who paid the N99bn that was reported to be needed as recent as last February?

Conclusion
I am of the strong opinion that GEJ was completely fooled not only by Diezani and her cohorts but also by the sycophants he surrounded himself with. The man must surely be biting his fingers wherever he is currently. In not making our refineries work, the oil cabals saw a huge avenue to corruptly enrich themselves and they seized the opportunity through oil subsidies.

It is not unknown what PMB’s stand on fuel subsidy is. He has consistently maintained that the oil subsidy was a fraud and that he would look into why our refineries have not worked. PMB recently rubbished the fuel subsidy scam when he said “I don’t know what fuel subsidy means” - http://dailytrust.com.ng/sunday/index.php/top-stories/20804-i-don-t-know-what-fuel-subsidy-means-buhari.

The president has also been reported to be set to probe NNPC N30trn unaccounted oil revenue under Jonathan - http://www.nationaldailyng.com/news/latest-news/4116-buhari-set-to-probe-nnpc-n30trn-unaccounted-oil-revenue-under-jonathan

The fact of the matter is that, NNPC’s top shots are aware of what PMB knows. They know him to know the workings of NNPC and our refineries having been a petroleum minister and a former Head of State. As such, it is reasonable to expect the corporation (NNPC) to act differently with him than what they did with GEJ.

The famous quote by Abraham Lincoln is very apt here:
“You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time.”


I therefore challenge any of GEJ's supporters and sympathizers to prove otherwise.

ogazi007:
Who is talking about Nigeria budget really?The past administration had no respect whatsoever for budgetary Provisions.We are all a witness to how they spent close to 2 trillion on fuel subsidy scam in 2010/11.Was that budgeted for?

MizMyColi:


Passingshot should read this.

Maybe he'll tell us that the fear of Buhari got the refineries working

Suffice to add, I'm taking this piece of story with a pinch of salt.

After making us believe they were about to sell Nine jets...
We know the story

IsraeliAIRFORCE:


And you little mind forgot to tell you that he had forewarned Nigerians to brace up for Economic crunch and that he also gave Nigerians assurances on clear thought out plans to manage the hard times.

Obiagelli:


But the amount paid on subsidy had dropped significantly

Whynotthetruth:


With refineries at full capacity, Nigeria will still import fuel because daily consumption rate far outweighs domestic refining capacity...

Can you compare this with reduced subsidy funding in 2015 budget by Jonathan and see why he did that...

Have you not read here and even in the said post the challenge they have with original project contractors abi builders...Funding incapacitation?...etc

Fixcer:
if janathan knew this refineries wld strt work soon.... They wld hv bin shoutin it all thru dia campaign...
The truth is that if he(foolish jona) had won... Our refineries might strt 2016.... Infact it wld never even work.... Those wicked ppl surrounding d fool wld b playin wth d mumu's mind till 2019...

ideology:
Gej chai!!

see what propaganda do, brainwashed masses do not see anything good in your administration.

I won't be surprised when Projects initiated in your administration are completed, some brainwashed haters won't acknowledge you

PassingShot:

I won't respond to your insult.

Provide evidence that recognized our refineries will work in 2015?

989900:
I posted the below yesterday:

Personally (and I share this thoughts with a good number of Nigerians), I won't give credit to GEJ at all.

Reasons:

1. How can you feed on N1b/annum, fly air-crafts worth over N100b, pay trillions of Naira in 'scamsidy', while your petroleum minister accrued over N10b Naira flying chattered flights, and many other 'strangies', but not have N99b to fix the refineries?

2. How can he be told TAM would take 18 months ( to be completed in April 2016), and he didn't know better that, that was a big fat lie -- or was he in on it?

3. Since the Jan 2012 fuel subsidy brouhaha, it took him 33 months, to commence TAM -- 33!. In the same country where some people want Buhari's head 3 days after inauguration.

4. They said replacement hardware would take some while to sought and get into the country -- they had them in containers at Onne port long time ago.

5. If the elections/re-elections weren't coming up, he wouldn't have done 'jack'!

6. And if he'd won, the April 2016 earlier indicated completion dates would probably have been April 2019 (if not sold).




Questions . . .

Why are they all completed 10 months ahead of schedule?

Why would TAM maintenance in 2015 take 18 months, when it took just 5 months to get Warri refinery back online in 2000, when it was affected by fire?

Answer:

They were lying, TAM normally takes few weeks to couple of months for the size of refineries we have (100-150k BPD).
The only things that have changed so far are: change in administration, change in the way things are done, fear, fear of punishment.

Conclusion:

Jonathan's conniving and incompetence ruined this country.

The epileptic refineries is the major reason:
why the Naira is so weak
fuel is so expensive
there is no stable electricity
we have bad roads, and little, or no tangible infrastructural development
inflation eats up your income and more . . .


If you didn't benefit from the intentional redundancy of our refineries in terms of fuel subsidy money and the like, and you'r still getting GEJ's back, then we really have to dig deep into the dictionary to find a label for you. On the flip side, if you did benefit . . . 'can't fault your hustle.

StOla:


I believe the OP already showed that the contracts were signed by the GEJ administration, given the dates detailed.

The crux of the matter is the deliberate intention to make a routine process seem like rocket science. Now that we have a change in government, the lies have stopped and we now have a progress we would not have had from the previous government that wasn't truly interested in prompt project delivery.

This is what Diezani had to say during the subsidy protests of January 2012.



We should vilify GEJ for being treated like a dunce by his own appointees. Yet we thank him for leaving the stage after we duly sacked him, saving us the effort to come drag him out of Aso Villa bedroom a la Laurent Gbagbo.

neocortex:


So because you read an article on Nairaland that makes it the ultimate truth right ?
Not everything you read online is true.
No wonder Nigeria is still where it is with people like you who are too lazy to ask questions accepting everything there are told. No nation which is full of naive and gullible people can move forward.

Whynotthetruth:


With refineries at full capacity, Nigeria will still import fuel because daily consumption rate far outweighs domestic refining capacity...

Can you compare this with reduced subsidy funding in 2015 budget by Jonathan and see why he did that...

Have you not read here and even in the said post the challenge they have with original project contractors abi builders...Funding incapacitation?...etc

Nairalandinfo:



http://nairametrics.com/all-four-refineries-will-produce-only-19-million-litres/


The bolded shows that thix project started under the watch of GEJ........also all APC warriors have told us time & time again that we shoukd not judge PMB yet cos he is just starting i.e. He is just 3weekz in power so @passingshot, the hypocrite, give to Ceasar hix due what belongz to him.

N.B. GEJ haz already gotten the praise for the refinery turnaround & there is nothin U & ya likez can do about it XCEPT u guyz want us to start judging PMB'z administration from May 28th when we are all evidenced with facts that "he has done nothin sice assumption......9JA is on autopilot since May 29th.......

TheOtherview:
PassingShot, your head dey there (a turn of phrase I picked up on NL)

But wait; you forgot to mention that Madam Minister's subterranean attempts to mothball and then offload those refineries to her cronies, also accounted for the delay.



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