{
  "id": 2032144,
  "title": "NNPC refineries: Marketers back Tinubu, reject Obasanjo’s proposal",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/nnpc-refineries-marketers-back-tinubu-reject-obasanjos-proposal",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-08-19T23:06:50.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Punch Nigeria",
    "slug": "punch-nigeria",
    "url": "https://punchng.com/nnpc-refineries-marketers-back-tinubu-reject-obasanjos-proposal/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Marketers in the Nigerian petroleum industry have rallied behind President Bola Tinubu's plan to revive the country's struggling refineries, dismissing former President Olusegun Obasanjo's belief that the facilities are beyond repair. Both the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria and the Petroleum Product Retail Outlet Owners Association of Nigeria have expressed support for Tinubu's stance that the refineries can be made operational and profitable again. Speaking to our correspondent, Billy Gillis-Harry, the National President of the Petroleum Product Retail Outlet Owners Association of Nigeria, expressed confidence in Tinubu's ability to restore the refineries, emphasizing that Nigeria should not abandon its strategic national assets due to past rehabilitation failures. The debate over the future of the Port Harcourt, Warri, and Kaduna refineries has intensified following Tinubu's recent announcement that these facilities would return to operation and be made profitable.",
  "summary": "Petroleum marketers support President Tinubu’s plan to revive NNPC refineries, rejecting Obasanjo’s view that they’ll never work. Learn why they believe in Read More: https://punchng.com/nnpc-refineries-marketers-back-tinubu-reject-obasanjos-proposal/",
  "key_points": [
    "Marketers back Tinubu's plan to revive refineries",
    "Obasanjo believes refineries are beyond repair",
    "Both marketer associations support Tinubu's stance"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}