The governors of the 36 states that make up the federation have expressed shame over Nigeria’s continued importation of petroleum, even though the country is a member of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, or OPEC.
The governors made this statement in response to their displeasure with the ongoing crisis in the nation’s petroleum sector.
This was said by Imo State Governor and Chairman of the Progressive Governors Forum (PGF), Hope Uzodinma, in an interview with reporters following the governor’s meeting that began in Abuja on Wednesday.
Recall how the governors invited Mele Kyari, the Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited, or NNPCL, to inform them of the steps being taken to address the problems with petroleum product affordability and accessibility in order to lessen the suffering of Nigerians.”
Uzodinma said:
“We must encourage the homegrown solution that the President just introduced; encouraging Dangote Refinery. We should repair our Port Harcourt Refinery, repair our Warri Refinery, repair our Kaduna Refinery, and then produce what we eat, and eat what we produce.
“We shouldn’t rely on importation of crude oil. For me, it is an aberration in the first place, to rely on importation of petroleum products as an oil producing country, while other members of OPEC of our status are now refining crude oil in that country.”
In addition to proposing that petroleum products be bought in naira, the governors said that local refinement would increase the nation’s economy and provide inhabitants with a wealth of new options.
They also acknowledged that Nigerians were suffering, and they decided to cooperate with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to address the issues that the nation was facing, such as banditry and kidnapping.
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