The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, has described the claim that he directed the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) to stop running its refineries and focus solely on equity participation in other refineries as false.
The minister, in a statement issued on Tuesday and made available to THE WHISTLER, said the comments made by Engr. Kamoru Busari, Director of Upstream in the Ministry of Petroleum Resources, who represented him at a recent conference in Lagos does not represent his position as a minister overseeing the sector, nor does it reflect the stance of the Federal Government.
