The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited says the old Port Harcourt refinery has not shut down operations.
Reports had made rounds that the refinery was nonfunctional months after a rehabilitation exercise.
In a statement on Saturday, Femi Soneye, NNPC’s spokesperson, described the reports as “totally false”.
“The attention of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd.) has been drawn to reports in a section of the media alleging that the Old Port Harcourt Refinery which was re-streamed two months ago has been shut down,” he said.
“We wish to clarify that such reports are totally false as the refinery is fully operational as verified a few days ago by former Group Managing Directors of NNPC.”
Soneye said preparation for the day’s loading of petroleum products is currently ongoing.
“Members of the public are advised to discountenance such reports as they are the figments of the imagination of those who want to create artificial scarcity and rip-off Nigerians,” he said.
