Nigerian Governors finally reacts on fuel crisis, declares their stand

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Nigeria still imports fuel, despite being a member of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC, according to the governors of the 36 states that make up the federation.

This came as the governors voiced their shock at the ongoing crisis in the nation’s petroleum industry.

This was said by Hope Uzodinma, the governor of Imo State and chairman of the Progressive Governors Forum, or PGF, in an interview with reporters following the governors’ conference that began in Abuja on Wednesday.

ZINGTIE recalls that in order to lessen the suffering of Nigerians, the governors invited Mele Kyari, the Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited, or NNPCL, to brief them on the steps being taken to address concerns about the affordability and accessibility of petroleum products.

Uzodinma said, “We must encourage the homegrown solution that the President just introduced; encouraging Dangote Refinery. We should repair our Port Harcourt Refinery, repair our Warri Refinery, repair our Kaduna Refinery, and then produce what we eat, and eat what we produce.

“We shouldn’t rely on importation of crude oil. For me, it is an aberration in the first place, to rely on importation of petroleum products as an oil producing country, while other members of OPEC of our status are now refining crude oil in that country.”

In addition to proposing that petroleum products be bought in naira, the governors said that local refinement would increase the nation’s economy and provide inhabitants with a wealth of new options.

They also acknowledged that Nigerians were suffering, and they decided to cooperate with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to address the issues that the nation was facing, such as banditry and kidnapping.

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