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The Petroleum Products Retail Outlets Owners Association of Nigeria (PETROAN) has said the real reason the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) shut down Port Harcourt Refinery after spending $1.5 billion on its rehabilitation is incompetence.

The National President of PETROAN, Billy Gillis-Harry, disclosed this in a telephone interview with DAILY POST on Saturday.

His comment comes as NNPCL on Saturday announced the shutdown of the Port Harcourt Refinery.

The spokesperson of the state-owned oil firm, Olufemi Soneye, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday.

According to him, the shutdown is due to planned maintenance and sustainability assessment scheduled for May 24th, 2025.

However, Soneye did not state when the Refinery would resume operation.

“This scheduled maintenance and sustainability assessment will commence on May 24, 2025.”

Reacting, Gillis-Harry said the shutdown showed the level of insincerity on the part of NNPCL.

“The shutdown of the state-owned refinery showed that the managers of Port Harcourt Refinery are incompetent and insincere all along,” he told DAILY POST.

The shutdown of Port Harcourt Refinery comes amid speculation over its petroleum production capacity after it was resuscitated in November 2024.

Barely four days ago, the Petroleum Products Retail Outlets Owners Association raised an alarm over the delays in the rehabilitation of the 210,000 barrels-per-day Port Harcourt Refinery and the Warri and Kaduna Refineries.

https://dailypost.ng/2025/05/24/incompetence-petroan-reveals-reason-nnpcl-shut-down-port-harcourt-refinery/

Nlfpmod

Obasanjo said it but these lying government and its lapdogs even insulted his fatherly wisdom all because of politics. Today who are the foolish ones?

Abeg who's the Minister of Petroleum..

Nbotee:
Abeg who's the Minister of Petroleum..

Peter Obi

Islie:
https://dailypost.ng/2025/05/24/incompetence-petroan-reveals-reason-nnpcl-shut-down-port-harcourt-refinery/

Nlfpmod

if them like make them sell fuel 2k/L, me and my family go dey ball on full tank. We no vote tinubu but na we dey enjoy pass

This country is finished… it shall never be well with anyone supporting this evil government…Amen

Orishirishi... Naija na wa o!

Racoon:
Obasanjo said it but these lying government and its lapdogs even insulted his fatherly wisdom all because of politics. Today who are the foolish ones?

Same Pa Obj who sold them and allegedly spent $13 billion on electricity yet no electricity.

PH refinery will eventually get it right. What was missing before was the political will to make it work. The political will is now available to make it work. No more pumping of refined petroleum products through pipelines that are already compromised or used for political patronage.

NNPC must now compete with others. Dangote Refinery has proven that petroleum refinery business can work in Nigeria. Pa Obj didn't see and believe in such.

All Pa Obj wanted was to throw off the assets in haste like he did when he dashed Lagos State the Bar beach because he didn't have solution for the Bar beach problem that time.

I am happy that my Lagos turned Bar beach to great asset today

Tinubu sef

Fraudulent recruitment.
Thats why they keep filling the place with incompetent people

This PETROAN have suddenly changed mouth since Kyari left office

This is how you know a mushroom organisation formed for patronage

Where's RIFAN of the Buhari era

I thought they were busy insulting Obasanjo for saying the obvious truth

I don't know how we get here, it is sickening to say the least

FreeStuffsNG:
Same Pa Obj who sold them and allegedly spent $13 billion on electricity yet no electricity.

PH refinery will eventually get right. What was missing before was the political will to make it work. The political will is now available to make it work. No more pumping of refined petroleum products through pipelines that will compromised or political patronage with refined petroleum products.

You people can keep saying what you like about Obj squandering billions of dollars meant for the power sector, but I'll have you know that no other administration since 1999 has built more power stations like the Obj administration.

lol

FreeStuffsNG:
Same Pa Obj who sold them and allegedly spent $13 billion on electricity yet no electricity.

PH refinery will eventually get right. What was missing before was the political will to make it work. The political will is now available to make it work. No more pumping of refined petroleum products through pipelines that will compromised or political patronage with refined petroleum products. NNPC must now compete with others. Dangote Refinery has proven that petroleum refinery business can work in Nigeria. Pa Obj didn't see and believe in such.

The only will I see is the will to impoverish the masses and use their impoverishment as reelection strategy through inducement. System decay is at its worst under this government. Agencies and institutions have been turned into not just tools for playing politics but also tribal agenda, including JAMB.

SmartPolician:
You people can keep saying what you like about Obj squandering billions of dollars meant for the power sector, but I'll have you know that no other administration since 1999 has built more power stations like the Obj administration.

Pa Obj built power stations that none worked because there was no gas for them and no pathway to run them unless they are sold to private individuals he and PDP favored yet he killed the power initiative of Lagos State Government implemented by Asiwaju Tinubu as our Governor in Lagos.

Many of you sometimes think you can spin and revise history.

And when we highlight all these things helinues and all other keyboard worriors will say we don't like good news about Nigeria! Broooo! Over 1 billion dollars have gone down the drain and nothing to show for it just within how many months?

Lies can't travel far bro 😂 when Nigeria starts working bro even a blind man will know, not all this Audio work you are doing 😂

I'm not suprised

Let's put a picture on NNPCs incompetence. Saudi Arabia has Aramco. Brazil has Petrobas and Russia has Gazprom.
Aramco is very instrumental in the 2.3 trillion naira sovereign wealth fund that Saudi Arabia is banking on to pursue its drive to be one of the fastest growing economies in the next decade. It plans to be the worlds most attractive service based economy fully independent of oil. Aramco has consistently returned a profit to the Arabian economy.

Petrobas of Brazil was instrumental in Brazil becoming one of the key drivers of the BRIC economies. With oil volumes lesser than the proven reserves in Nigeria, the Brazilian Petrobas has leveraged on what it generates to be a massive contributor to the Brazilian economy.

Russia's Gazprom needs no introduction. Through very shrewd deals, Gazprom has become the major energy provider for a number of economies in Europe. Gazprom, the piggy bank of the Russian economy, has provided means by which Russia has withstood sanctions western economies have imposed on Russia. Gazprom carried that weight so much that for the first time in decades, it operated at a loss last year.

It is worth noting that all these firms maintain steady functioning refineries and have no need for fuel imports.

I can go on and on. The NNPC has consistently failed in most measurable metrics when compared to its pairs. An organisation that should be a source of pride to Nigeria has become its biggest challenge.

FreeStuffsNG:
Pa Obj built power stations that none worked because there was no gas for them and no pathway to run them unless they are sold to private individuals he and PDP favored yet he killed the power initiative of Lagos State Government implemented by Asiwaju Tinubu as our Governor in Lagos.

Many of you sometimes think you can spin and revise history.

I'm presenting you with facts and you are changing the narratives. Some of us followed Obasanjo's administration closely and knew what actually happened. Obj wasn't a saint, but he is by far better than these incompetent dullards APC is giving us as presidents.

Most gas-fired power stations in operation today were built under OBJ. Not even your Buhari or Tinubu has done half of what Obj (the same man agbado fooools always say squandered power sector money) did in the power sector.

Rubbish talk!
When PETROAN itself is the reasons - why we still Import Fuels into Nigeria- because they are just after their Selfish Ends- Collecting Dues from Members.
-They don't want Dangote Refinery to comes alive- -Now they are Pretending as good Samaritans,when in fact they have been Colluding with this Same NNPC- FOR AGES!
SO,WHAT HAS CHANGED?
-NIGERIANS - should remember they Are Association - Mainly for Protection their Members.
Just Facts and Truth about the situation on the ground.

lightuplightup:
Peter Obi

Lol

Nbotee:
Abeg who's the Minister of Petroleum..

Your president of course..

FreeStuffsNG:
Same Pa Obj who sold them and allegedly spent $13 billion on electricity yet no electricity.

PH refinery will eventually get right. What was missing before was the political will to make it work. The political will is now available to make it work. No more pumping of refined petroleum products through pipelines that will compromised or political patronage with refined petroleum products. NNPC must now compete with others. Dangote Refinery has proven that petroleum refinery business can work in Nigeria. Pa Obj didn't see and believe in such.

and this gorvenment has the political will to fix anything?

Interesting
Now that subsidy is no more, why not sell it off and end this crooked unending maintenance

The NNPC stated they have adequate supplies/inventory to cover the 30 day maintenance period. Speaking of 30 Days, TLI Media posted the 2006 film over on YT entitled 'Your Corruption Number' to avoid it getting censored off of that platform. Fictional FRACKA women put in major work. Females Against Corruption in Africa. Its long o but worth the time!

FreeStuffsNG:
Same Pa Obj who sold them and allegedly spent $13 billion on electricity yet no electricity.

PH refinery will eventually get right. What was missing before was the political will to make it work. The political will is now available to make it work. No more pumping of refined petroleum products through pipelines that are already compromised or used for political patronage.

NNPC must now compete with others. Dangote Refinery has proven that petroleum refinery business can work in Nigeria. Pa Obj didn't see and believe in such.

Stop telling lies out of hate
OBJ sold those refineries to Dangote because he believed they can work in private hands and not govt

You guys called him names. Today he's been proven right
Shame on you guys

FreeStuffsNG:
Pa Obj built power stations that none worked because there was no gas for them and no pathway to run them unless they are sold to private individuals he and PDP favored yet he killed the power initiative of Lagos State Government implemented by Asiwaju Tinubu as our Governor in Lagos.

Many of you sometimes think you can spin and revise history.

Stop telling lies
Enron brought a diesel powered 100MW generator for your Tinubu when they had no diesel import license and no plans with any marketer to supply diesel uninterrupted
The same Enron's parent company was already bankrupt which is the reason why they couldn't deliver the project.
Why has the power station not worked since Obj left office in 2007 or is Tinubu not still in charge of Lagos?
Why didn't the lekki port die off after OBJ commissioned it?