Governors On Fuel Crisis: “It’s Shameful That We Still Import Fuel.”

Nigeria still imports gasoline, despite being a member of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, or 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 energy sector.

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.

The governors invited Mele Kyari, the Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited, or NNPCL, to inform them of the steps being taken to address the affordability and accessibility of petroleum products in order to lessen the suffering of Nigerians, as the DAILY POST remembers.

According to Uzodinma, “We need to support Dangote Refinery, the domestic answer the President just presented. In order to produce what we eat and consume what we produce, we need fix our refineries in Port Harcourt, Warri, and Kaduna.

“Importing crude oil shouldn’t be our only option. Relying on petroleum product imports as an oil-producing nation when other OPEC members of our standing are already refining crude oil in that nation strikes me as abnormal in the first place.

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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.

Additionally, they acknowledged that Nigerians were struggling with difficulty, deciding to collaborate with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to address issues such as banditry and abduction that the nation faces.

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