Modular refinery ownership: Environmentalist alleges plan to hijack licences

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Mr Pat Obiene, an environmental rights activist, wants the Federal Government to allow only former operators of artisanal refineries in the Niger Delta, own the proposed modular refineries in the region.

Obiene, the Director of the Institute of Environment, an NGO based in Yenagoa, made the call in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Yenagoa on Sunday.

According to him, the Federal Government originally planned to leave the ownership of the proposed refineries in the hands of the operators, resident in the oil producing communities.

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, during his tour of Niger Delta in February, announced federal government’s plan to establish modular refineries in the region to stop illegal refining.

Osinbajo said that modular refineries, when established, would also bring more development to the Niger Delta region.

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