CBN Governor Godwin Emefiele
The Central
Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, said the government was
doing everything to ensure that the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation
(NNPC) become sole importer of petroleum products.
The CBN
Chief said: “The President came on board
and said that we will work very hard to reduce importation of petroleum
products by ensuring that our refineries work. Our refin¬eries are working now.
“The Warri
and Port Harcourt refineries have started producing. They have not obtained the
optimal capacity but they will. The Kaduna refinery will start working this
month.
“Now, there
are other actions that the Presidency is putting in place to ensure that we
reduce importation of petroleum products where the NNPC will solely, almost
solely be responsible for procuring refined petroleum.
”Those who are importing petroleum products
will only just need to go to the NNPC and pick up petroleum products.
“So, in that
area, I would say that we are already moving in the direction of reducing the
import of pe¬troleum products. And we will achieve it.”
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