Warri refinery management given 90 days deadline to resume full production

The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, has issued a 90- day ultimatum to the management of the Warri Refining and Petrochemicals Company to commence full production at the facility.



This was contained in a press statement issued by the corporation’s Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, Ohi Alegbe, and made available in Abuja on Thursday.
The statement said Kachikwu gave the ultimatum at the end of a facility tour of the refinery and the adjoining Pipelines and Products Marketing Company Jetty and Depot in Warri.
Kachikwu charged the management of WRPC to ensure that the plant is streamed back to full active service within the projected period.


The GMD said he was ready to provide the management of the facility the necessary support to enable it meet the fast track target.
He was quoted as saying: “So whatever you need to do to get your refinery back on track, please do it now because this is the time.
“It’s a 90 days Fast-Track programme and whatever you need me to do to make that happen, let me know.”