The Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO) of the NNPCL, Mr. Mele Kyari has stated that illegal refineries at a time supplied total diesel consumed in the country.
He said this in an interview on Channels Television, Business Morning program where he commented on efforts to tackle insecurity and crude oil theft across the Niger Delta.
According to him, at a particular time, diesel importation into the country was near zero while there was no diesel scarcity meaning that the total consumption was from these illegal refineries.
In his words, “When we started this process of deactivation in 2022, we deactivated 8,684 illegal refineries.
This poses a serious problem for the Federal Government, as Nigeria struggles to meet its OPEC quota due to widespread oil theft.
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