The shutdown has effectively deprived Nigerians the four million litres of petrol, 2.5 million litres of automotive gas oil, and 1.6 million litres of kerosene, which the outfit was producing daily, in recent times. “If we invest in laying pipelines to the refinery, how much can we realistically make? “That refinery will constantly have a problem because of it distance from any crude oil field. The implication is that even if crude oil flow stops for only two weeks the refinery is out of supply. Both Oni and Adesanya are of the view that the best option for the country was for the Kaduna Refinery to be privatised.

Source: The Guardian February 11, 2018 04:30 UTC