Prepare To Own, Run Modular Refineries, PAP Tells Ex-Agitators

The Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) has called on its beneficiaries to get ready to learn the prerequisites of owning and running modular refineries following ongoing measures by the Federal Government to integrate artisanal refiners into the oil and gas sector.
The Sole Administrator, PAP, Col. Milland Dixon Dikio, said the scheme was ready to train the ex-agitators into the business of refining crude oil to intensify manpower development and increase refining capacity for economic prosperity.
A statement signed by the Special Adviser on Media to the Interim Administrator, Nneotaobase Egbe, yesterday, said Dikio spoke in Abuja at a summit organized by the Federal Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning in collaboration with the Office of Senior Special Assistant to the President on Niger Delta Affairs and Economic Diversification.
Dikio, represented by his Special Adviser on Finance and Projects, Mr. Godwin Ekpo, at the summit entitled, ‘Integrating Local Artisanal Modular Refineries to Nigeria’s Mainstream Oil Sector’, said training and engaging ex-agitators on local refining of crude oil would facilitate rapid development of the region.
He said it would minimise oil theft, reduce unemployment in the region, minimise pollution and give them and the locals a sense of belonging.