The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Sen. Heineken Lokpobiri Ph.D, has refuted claims that he authorised the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) to stop running its own refineries and focus solely on equity participation, reports ITREALMS.
A press statement available to ITREALMS and personally endorsed by Senator Lokpobiri said that his attention has been drawn to statements credited to Engr. Kamoru Busari, Director of Upstream in the Ministry of Petroleum Resources, who represented him at a recent conference in Lagos.
