Refineries in Nigeria were build in den days military administrators, these refineries were situated in Kaduna, Delta, and Rivers state respectively,. They operated with out interruption for decades during the military regimes now they are all dilapidated and are begging for resuscitation.
This Nigeria has been bad for so long see the refinery that are not work are paying staff, I think there is something behind this because how can the all refinery stopped and worker were been paid,
Nigeria refineries employ 1,586 new staff, pays N69 bn salary in 2020
Nigeria’s government-owned four refineries employed 1,586 new staff, paying salaries, wages and other benefits to unproductive workers to the tune of N69 billion, a BusinessDay calculation has shown.
According to the latest audited statements of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), two plants located in Port Harcourt with an installed capacity of 210,000 bpd employed 487 new staff members in 2020, northern Kaduna refinery with an installed capacity 110,000 of barrels per day (bpd) employed 655 new staffs, while the Warri refinery with an installed capacity of 125,000 bpd employed 444 new staffs within the same period.
Further analysis of the audited report revealed out of the 487 staff members employed in Port Harcourt refinery, 430 were senior and management staff, amounting to 88.2 percent, with huge financial implications. Only 57 were junior staff members.
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