""The Minister of State for Petroleum, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, has again apologised to Nigerians for the prevailing long queues for petrol, saying “all is being done to address the situation”.
Mr Kachikwu alongside five other ministers rendered account of what had been done in terms of government policies since the inauguration of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration during the second Federal Government Town Hall Meeting in Kaduna State.
Dr. Kachikwu told the gathering that the three refineries in Nigeria were back, working together for the first time in almost a decade.
He, however, pointed out that though the refineries were not working to the capacity he would love to see them, a lot more work still needed to be done to get into the level of performance that he wanted.
For the first time, we have pipelines delivering crude oil to the refineries both from Brass to Port Harcourt and from Escravos to Warri. "This is the first time that has happened in eight years"
The reality is that as long as the refineries do not work in absolutely top capacity, as long as we do not have the foreign exchange to bring in the product and the price of crude continues to slide, we will have problems with fuel. You have to apply brain work to it, he told the gathering.
He urged Nigerians to be patient, as the government puts strategies in place to make petrol available.
Dr. Kachikwu told the gathering that the three refineries in Nigeria were back, working together for the first time in almost a decade.
He, however, pointed out that though the refineries were not working to the capacity he would love to see them, a lot more work still needed to be done to get into the level of performance that he wanted.
For the first time, we have pipelines delivering crude oil to the refineries both from Brass to Port Harcourt and from Escravos to Warri. "This is the first time that has happened in eight years"
The reality is that as long as the refineries do not work in absolutely top capacity, as long as we do not have the foreign exchange to bring in the product and the price of crude continues to slide, we will have problems with fuel. You have to apply brain work to it, he told the gathering.
He urged Nigerians to be patient, as the government puts strategies in place to make petrol available.
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