of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC)

The Group Managing Director of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mr Mele Kyari, on Thursday, said the corporation deliberately shut down the nation’s refineries because they no longer make sense to be operated.

The GMD disclosed this when he appeared before the House of Representatives Committee on Petroleum Upstream in Abuja.

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He said that the NNPC was unable to supply crude oil to the refineries.

According to him, it is practically impossible to run pipelines at their optimum capacity.

‘For instance, to run Kaduna and Warri refinery, you need to deliver