By Udeme Akpan
Former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon (retd), said yesterday, that his government built three refineries, the ones in Port Harcourt, Warri, Kaduna for domestic consumption and had planned to build more refineries to export refined products, instead of giving the crude to various countries.
This came as the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr Ibe Kachikwu said it will be impossible for the Federal Government to remove subsidy on fuel at this time in order to protect the people.
They both spoke at the second International Conference and Exhibition of the Oil and Gas Trainers Association of Nigeria, OGTAN, in Lagos.
Gowon, who chaired the event said: “I will like you to know that during our time, our plan was to build five export-oriented refineries to export instead of giving the crude to various countries.
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