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Buhari, Not Jonathan, Responsible For Refineries Resuming Production by PassingShot(m): 9:50am On Jun 20, 2015 |
We have read on different occasions how one refinery or the other is set to resume production late June or early July. The news got to its climax yesterday with the announcement by NNPC’s spokesperson, Ohi Alegbe, that ALL four refineries “will be fully operational from next month”. As usual, some GEJ supporters/sympathizers lavished praises on him for his efforts to make those refineries work which are only manifesting with the announcement. To support their line of argument, they quote Ohi Alegbe in his announcement when he said that “The turn-around-maintenance has been on for some time. We did not just want to make any noise about it. The refineries will start production as soon as they have delivery of crude oil for refining,” The challenge for some of us now is to put the words of the NNPC’s spokesman to critical test of evaluation viz-a-viz what we were told by the same NNPC about our refineries in the recent past. 1. January 2012 - FG Signs TAM Contract with Builders of Refineries Worried by the frequent demand for functional refineries in the country as a way out of petroleum products’ importation, the Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, has disclosed that Nigeria will this week sign a formal contract for the planned turn-around maintenance (TAM) of all its traditional refineries with their original builders. She said in a statement in Abuja Tuesday that the contract or agreement for the TAM would be signed by the Ministry of Petroleum Resources, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and the original builders of the refineries. http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/fg-signs-tam-contract-with-builders-of-refineries/106886/ And what did we get about six months after this news report? 2. July 2012 - Two of Nigeria’s refineries pack up …others produce at 25% of installed capacity: The four Federal Government-owned refineries in the country are producing refined petroleum products at an abysmally low level. Investigations by SATURDAY PUNCH show that the refineries are producing at about 25 per cent of installed capacity. The investigations show that only two of the refineries – the Warri and Kaduna refineries – are partially functional at the moment. The remaining two located in Port Harcourt are struggling with faults that have prevented them from adding to the quantity of fuel produced locally. The old refinery in Port Harcourt has not been in operation for several months, while the new refinery, which before now was contributing to the quantity of locally-refined products, has also stopped operation because of lack of electricity. Specifically, the two refineries in Port Harcourt have not been working since January 2012, when the anti-subsidy removal protests spearheaded by organised labour and civil society groups took place. http://www.punchng.com/news/two-of-nigerias-refineries-pack-up-others-produce-at-25-of-installed-capacity/ 3. August 2012 - FG Signs Heads of Agreement on Kaduna, Warri Refineries The Federal Government has signed Heads of Agreement (HOA) with reputable international contractors for a comprehensive maintenance of Kaduna and Port Harcourt Refineries. Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mr. Andrew Yakubu, who stated this at a recent oil and gas conference in Lagos, added that the government was concluding the terms contract for the Turn Around Maintenance (TAM) of the Port Harcourt Refinery. http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/fg-signs-heads-of-agreement-on-kaduna-warri-refineries/122284/ 4. December 2012 - NNPC plans to repair three refineries with N152bn The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation will spend N152bn on the repair of three of the nation’s refineries in 2013. The amount is contained in the budget document submitted to the National Assembly Joint Committee on Petroleum (Downstream) last week. http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/fg-signs-heads-of-agreement-on-kaduna-warri-refineries/122284/ As usual, the planned repair didn't translate to any cogent result because by June 2014, our refineries combined to produce at 10% capacity: 5. Oct., 2014 - Refineries Operated At 10.5% Capacity in June – NNPC The country’s refineries operated at an average of 10.46 per cent of their combined nameplate capacity of 445,000 barrels per day in June, latest data from the monthly report of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation has shown. http://hotnaijaupdate.com/refineries-operated-at-10-5-capacity-in-june-nnpc/ 33 Likes 8 Shares |
Re: Buhari, Not Jonathan, Responsible For Refineries Resuming Production by PassingShot(m): 9:50am On Jun 20, 2015 |
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. 377 Likes 42 Shares |
Re: Buhari, Not Jonathan, Responsible For Refineries Resuming Production by eleojo23: 9:54am On Jun 20, 2015 |
Whether it is GEJ or Buhari that is responsible, all of that is just for political discussion and arguments. What matters to Nigerians is that the refineries will finally start working and they get to spend less on fuel. Period. Those who have the time can go ahead and engage in arguments and debate on the issue. 112 Likes 8 Shares |
Re: Buhari, Not Jonathan, Responsible For Refineries Resuming Production by Elslim: 9:54am On Jun 20, 2015 |
tell 'em 6 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Buhari, Not Jonathan, Responsible For Refineries Resuming Production by Nobody: 9:57am On Jun 20, 2015 |
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Re: Buhari, Not Jonathan, Responsible For Refineries Resuming Production by Nobody: 9:58am On Jun 20, 2015 |
Is this for real? 2 Likes |
Re: Buhari, Not Jonathan, Responsible For Refineries Resuming Production by andresia(m): 9:59am On Jun 20, 2015 |
Sai Buhari! Kai Jonathan! 112 Likes 5 Shares |
Re: Buhari, Not Jonathan, Responsible For Refineries Resuming Production by CSTR2: 9:59am On Jun 20, 2015 |
Idiott. 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. 303 Likes 30 Shares |
Re: Buhari, Not Jonathan, Responsible For Refineries Resuming Production by GOATandYAMtheory: 10:00am On Jun 20, 2015 |
Sure, passingshot. To the best of my knowledge, the refineries could have been fixed during GEJ's regime, but they chose to tell Nigerians a story that will give them enough opportunity to scam us till the end of their tenure. I could remember vividly when the NNPC gave estimate of how much it will cost them to fix our refineries (in Feb 2015 b4 handing over), when they also gave us the duration of a year b4 it can be operational. In NNPC's words: "We examined the work scope and picked up the essential things that we must do to get these refineries to operate optimally at around 90 per cent of capacity. That was done and we did the pricing template; not the international rates, we used the local rates. And everything for the three refineries combined came to around $550m, which is significant, maybe up to 70 per cent reduction."http://www.punchng.com/business/business-economy/nigerian-engineers-to-repair-refineries-for-n99bn-nnpc/ I wonder what happened overnight that they are now saying it will begin to funtion by next month. Now this is my "church mind"; if President Muhammadu Buhari refuses to jail any1, among those involved in this NNPC scam, the respect I have for him will reduce or even vanish. 130 Likes 6 Shares |
Re: Buhari, Not Jonathan, Responsible For Refineries Resuming Production by Maghan37: 10:01am On Jun 20, 2015 |
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. 38 Likes 4 Shares |
Re: Buhari, Not Jonathan, Responsible For Refineries Resuming Production by Nobody: 10:02am On Jun 20, 2015 |
Of course..OP is right 26 Likes |
Re: Buhari, Not Jonathan, Responsible For Refineries Resuming Production by IsraeliAIRFORCE: 10:02am On Jun 20, 2015 |
When will all these disgusting statements by repackaging agents stop after selling this lie called change? Even from the provision of subsidy payment in 2015 budget, there is this clear recognition that our refineries will come on stream hence only N149B was provided for entire 2015 as against more than half trillion spent on the previous years 54 Likes 6 Shares |
Re: Buhari, Not Jonathan, Responsible For Refineries Resuming Production by warripekin(m): 10:03am On Jun 20, 2015 |
Buhari indeed. How could he have done it. Pls stop deluding ur self. The dauradullard is not ready and is not willing. Nigeria is running on autopilot since may 29. 70 Likes 7 Shares |
Re: Buhari, Not Jonathan, Responsible For Refineries Resuming Production by temitemi1(m): 10:03am On Jun 20, 2015 |
TRASH bin please... PassingShot: 68 Likes 7 Shares |
Re: Buhari, Not Jonathan, Responsible For Refineries Resuming Production by adioolayi(m): 10:03am On Jun 20, 2015 |
temitemi1:Are you pained? 89 Likes 4 Shares |
Re: Buhari, Not Jonathan, Responsible For Refineries Resuming Production by PassingShot(m): 10:05am On Jun 20, 2015 |
GOATandYAMtheory:This is part of the mystery! 12 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Buhari, Not Jonathan, Responsible For Refineries Resuming Production by geesampower(m): 10:06am On Jun 20, 2015 |
Op, I must admit. Your argument makes a lot of sense. IF it was a function of the last administration (GEJ) I don't think they would have been telling us in March (gej as president) that we would be having functional refineries by 2016, then all of a sudden back-track and say refineries will be functional in a months time. I believe there is more to this than we are being told and we can't exclude the fact that it has to do with buhari. This is not about taking sides but examining the facts Affordable Solar Power Here 64 Likes 6 Shares |
Re: Buhari, Not Jonathan, Responsible For Refineries Resuming Production by Jorussia(m): 10:07am On Jun 20, 2015 |
.I believe the NNPC and the ministry of petroleum were not sincere about the real state of our refineries. They kept on telling Nigerians that they have signed turnaround maintenance, and yet no work on ground to show for it.In the past administration,we were told that turnaround maintenance takes between 6-12 months,but one wonders how this turnaround maintenance is taking few weeks to do.The bottom line is,our refinery was not as bad as we were made to believe, rather the agents of NNPC and ministry wanted the continuation of petroleum importation for their selfish interest.Its the body language of PMB,that has brought this new development. 68 Likes 3 Shares |
Re: Buhari, Not Jonathan, Responsible For Refineries Resuming Production by funlord(m): 10:11am On Jun 20, 2015 |
This is simply more damned lies and statistics! 11 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Buhari, Not Jonathan, Responsible For Refineries Resuming Production by geesampower(m): 10:12am On Jun 20, 2015 |
GOATandYAMtheory:Exactly. All of a sudden it was possible to repair the refineries with JUST 99billion naira while we spent over 4trillion naira subsidizing on imported petroleum products the same refineries cld be producing. Affordable Solar Power Here 44 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: Buhari, Not Jonathan, Responsible For Refineries Resuming Production by Rose2014: 10:13am On Jun 20, 2015 |
CSTR2: U've said it all 40 Likes 4 Shares |
Re: Buhari, Not Jonathan, Responsible For Refineries Resuming Production by after1: 10:14am On Jun 20, 2015 |
[s] CSTR2:[/s] You are the ediot. You can counter him without cursing the guy, why are you people like this? You blame those APC guys for same thing you are doing now. 71 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: Buhari, Not Jonathan, Responsible For Refineries Resuming Production by IsraeliAIRFORCE: 10:15am On Jun 20, 2015 |
APC were crying for absence of subsidy provision in 2015 budget to the amazement of all Nigerians because they had no clue of President Jonathan's plans on how to go around subsidy in 2015. Goodluck Jonathan and his economic team have worked out how to manage low crude prices and still keep the country flying hence the overhauling of all the country's refineries. Ask yourselves, Why should Jonathan drastically cut subsidy budget if the refineries were not going to work? Answer - He has taken care of our refineries Remember, our refineries are outdated hence spares are difficult to assess because original equipment manufacturers have stop supporting the system. 68 Likes 7 Shares |
Re: Buhari, Not Jonathan, Responsible For Refineries Resuming Production by Nobody: 10:16am On Jun 20, 2015 |
CSTR2: Instead of calling him an I'diot why don't you counter his points 40 Likes |
Re: Buhari, Not Jonathan, Responsible For Refineries Resuming Production by meracool(m): 10:16am On Jun 20, 2015 |
NNPC is just too shady for this reason GEJ did nothing to the refineries All he gave us were all scam Oil Subsidy, green fields refinery etc.... If GEJ was the winner of the election NNPC will still maintain that the refineries will work in 2016. 23 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: Buhari, Not Jonathan, Responsible For Refineries Resuming Production by iPopAlomo(m): 10:18am On Jun 20, 2015 |
and why Gej couldn't list it as one of his under achievement... 8 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Buhari, Not Jonathan, Responsible For Refineries Resuming Production by PassingShot(m): 10:19am On Jun 20, 2015 |
eleojo23:It matters so as to know if we made the right decision in the last election. It will help us to shape the future as well. Who achieves what and at what time is necessary to shape our discussion for a better society. 7 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Buhari, Not Jonathan, Responsible For Refineries Resuming Production by chamboy(m): 10:20am On Jun 20, 2015 |
GOATandYAMtheory:they Suddenly Changed as soon as their Boyfriend "Buhari" Won Election.. Change is sweet 12 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Buhari, Not Jonathan, Responsible For Refineries Resuming Production by TheOtherview: 10:20am On Jun 20, 2015 |
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. How Diezani Alison-Madueke Plans To Sell Refineries To Fronts Source 21 Likes |
Re: Buhari, Not Jonathan, Responsible For Refineries Resuming Production by GOATandYAMtheory: 10:21am On Jun 20, 2015 |
PassingShot:passingshot, I have attached the source so the post so the TANoids won't argue blindly as usual. Thanks for this write-up 11 Likes |
Re: Buhari, Not Jonathan, Responsible For Refineries Resuming Production by Jorussia(m): 10:21am On Jun 20, 2015 |
IsraeliAIRFORCE:taking care of refineries, when NNPC said the refineries will be back by 2016?Turnaround maintenance already on and GEJ didn't use it for campaign? My guy,please be reasonable. 31 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: Buhari, Not Jonathan, Responsible For Refineries Resuming Production by sinkhole: 10:21am On Jun 20, 2015 |
Thank God for those of us who voted for Baba o! If not so those refineries would have still be under TAM by now with another billions of dollars given out while the masses groan! 13 Likes 3 Shares |
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