N’Delta Group Tasks FG On Artisenal Refineries

A non-governmental group, the Project With Artisanal Crude Oil Refiners (PACOR) has urged the Federal Government to fulfill its promises and ensure immediate commencement of artisanal refineries in the Niger Delta region by issuing licenses to the cooperatives.
National Facilitator of PACOR and Executive Director, Youths and Environmental Advocacy Centre (YEAC), Fyneface Dumnamene, said the takeoff could be achieved by issuing modular refinery licenses to co-operative societies formed by the artisanal refiners.
He also urged government to establish the Presidential Artisanal Crude Oil Refining Development Initiative (PACORDI) for artisanal crude oil refiners in the Niger Delta region.
Dumnamene said the calls became pertinent following the established Presidential Artisanal Gold Mining Development Initiative (PAGMI) in the North and South West regions of the country.
He stated this in a statement yesterday in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, after inaugurating the Delta Modular refinery cooperatives in Delta State.