President Promises Port Harcourt Refinery Reboot In December

President Bola Tinubu, has assured the leaders of the organised labour that the Port Harcourt refinery will commence operations by December 2023

labour revealed this in a statement on Wednesday night.

The labour centres also noted that the president made a series of promises following which they agreed to return to the negotiations table.

In the statement, the national presidents of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Joe Ajaero and Trade Union Congress, and Festus Osifo also hailed Nigerians for supporting the nationwide protest.

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The statement reads in part,  “It is pertinent to inform Nigerians that the extent of the success of the protest is underlined by the request of the President of the federal republic of Nigeria; Senator Ahmed Bola Tinubu to meet with the leadership of the NLC and TUC in a closed-door session.

“The engagement was fruitful that immense mileage was obtained with regards to the issues that bogged down the work of the Presidential Committee on Subsidy removal and necessitated the protest viz; He committed to an immediate restructuring of the framework for engagement in line with the input of the Labour leaders.

He confirmed that the Port Harcourt Refinery will commence production by December this year. He pledged to ensure that Agreement is reached on the Wage Award for Nigerian workers immediately.

“He promised to unveil a workable roadmap to the CNG alternative next week. On the strength of the president’s pledge and commitment, we have decided to return to a new and reinvigorated dialogue process to allow for full implementation.

“Once again, we thank Nigerians while we wait for the Government to fulfill its own part of the understanding as agreed with His Excellency; the President.”


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