 The managing director of Port Harcourt Refinery Company, Ahmed Dico, has assured that old Port Harcourt Refinery, when we are fully operational in March 2023, barring any incomparances, decommissioned our investigative hearing on the state of the nation's refineries by the House of Representatives, our docket committee, on the state of the nation's refineries. Emmanuel Higiene completes the report. The investigation is a continuation of series of ongoing probe into why the nation's four refineries, namely Port Harcourt, which has two Worry and Caduna refineries, are still inactive, despite huge terms approved by government to rehabilitate them. Chairman of the committee, Honourable Ghaniu stressed this point while welcoming the NNPC management. Members were not pleased with the pace of work despite government releasing funds for the rehabilitation work. They were interested to know when the Port Harcourt refinery will start operations, since what can it as fully commenced? Even if Caduna refinery is working, you cannot send crude to Caduna refinery because of vandalisation or whatsoever. So pipeline work. So why spending one million euro on Caduna refinery when you know that you cannot send crude to that refinery? We are period to deliver the rehabilitation. It's 32 months. Even if I heard you correctly, sir, how long does it take to deliver a brand new refinery of equivalent capacity? How long does it take, sir? Meanwhile, Deco assured that work will soon commence on the Worry and Caduna refineries as soon as the pipeline issues are sorted out, since the Federal Executive Council already approved funds for the takeoff of work on both refineries. Where we can finish the old refinery and begin to run it with 60,000 barrels capacity while other works are concurrently going on on the new refinery, which is the big one with 150,000 barrels capacity. But there are very common facilities all that has to be utilised. Utilities, wastewater, off-size and other things. The committee adjourned to the 9th of June for further inquest as the NNPC was asked to produce documents to back up its claims. Hello, hope you enjoyed the news. Please do subscribe to our YouTube channel and don't forget to hit the notification button so you get notified about fresh news updates.