Nigeria: Senate Probes $1.5bn Spent On Port Harcourt Refinery Rehabilitation

The NNPC Managing Director speaks on allegations of sabotaging domestic refinery.

The Senate has raised concerns over the $1.5 billion approved in 2021 for the turn-around maintenance of the Port Harcourt Refinery with little or no result.

Opeyemi Bamidele, chairperson, Senate Ad Hoc Committee to Investigate the Alleged Economic Sabotage in the Nigerian Petroleum Industry, raised the concern during an interactive session with stakeholders on Wednesday in Abuja.

Mr Bamidele, who is also the Senate…