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Maikanti Baru who is NNPC GMD within hw weekend disclosed ongoing plans the Federal Government to import fuel from Niger Republic to Nigeria.
Read what Baru said….
“Due to challenges with the aged refinery and crude oil pipelines that had been breached severally, the operations of the refinery has been epileptic. This we are determined to resolve through various intervention methods, including evaluation of alternative crude oil supply from Niger Republic through building of a pipelines of over 1, 000 kilometers from Agadem to Kaduna. That effort is being championed Mr. President himself. It was important to explore alternative crude supply to KRPC which has been affected vandalism of pipelines and obsolescence. The Corporation has already started engagements with the Nigerien Minister of Petroleum and the Chinese that are operating the field at Agadem located in the East Niger Rift Basin.”