LAGOS SEPTEMBER 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Chieftain and former Delta State Gubernatorial aspirant, Chief Sunny Onuesoke has solicited for the award of contract for  the maintenance and operation of Warri refinery  to oil and gas investors of Nigeria Delta indigenes.

Onuesoke solicitation is coming on the heels of the recent Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) public notice seeking  for Operations and Maintenance (O&M) companies to bid for the Warri and Kaduna refineries.
In a public notice on its official X handle, the national oil company which outlined the qualifications of companies interested in bidding for the contracts stated that the move will help ensure reliability and energy security for the country.

Reacting to the public notice while responding to questions from Energy Corresponding on the sideline during oil and gas  meeting in Lagos, the PDP Chieftain disclosed that if there is any consideration for an investor to manage and operate the Warri refinery,  Niger Delta oil and gas  investors should be giving both  the first and second right of response and third right of choice before considering operators from any other region in  country or overseas.

“If there is any consideration at all, Niger Delta investors in oil and gas  should be giving the first right of response, second right of response and third right of choice before considering  operators from any other region of  the country or overseas. They should give the priority to Niger Delta investors who are into oil and gas sector because we have capable men to handle the situation than any region in this country,” he stated.

He stated that his request is tenable because giving the offer to Niger Delta indigene  will reduce the cost of operation hence the investor  will  be close to the location of operation and equally  has close inter face with what is happening.

“I am saying because  it will reduce the cost of operation hence the investor  will  be close to the location of operation and have close inter face with what is happening,” he stressed.

The former Delta State Gubernatorial aspirant who requested that the search for  private operator  demanded that the same thing should be done with Kaduna refinery by appointing a Nothern investors.

He said it is more better for investors residing in the  area where the refinery is located than bringing  a foreigner to manage it.

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