Humanities Welfare and Social Improvement Initiative, alongside different civil society organisations, have known as for public help for the rehabilitation of the Port Harcourt refinery.
In a press assertion signed by Felix Nnalue Attah, the ED/nationwide convener of the Humanities Welfare and Social Improvement Initiative, the teams urged Nigerians to maintain religion with GCEO, Mr Mele Kyari, for the rehabilitation mission.
He condemned the continual assaults on Kyari, whose management is making efforts to rehabilitate and reposition the refinery, the place rehabilitation work has been ongoing for over two years.
He stated, “We’re distraught and anxious to look at and see disparaging feedback from numerous quarters sponsored by some excessive profiled enterprise personalities within the oil sector, widespread scepticism and a insecurity within the NNPCL’s honest efforts to ship throughout the newest acknowledged document time- this August.
“It’s towards this backdrop and to help the NNPCL’s efforts that our civil society coalition needs to state the apparent very clearly as a matter of utmost significance that Nigerians ought to preserve religion within the stated promise made by Mr Mele Kyari, the Port Harcourt refinery rehabilitation mission is ongoing and probably additional corroborate and reinforce NNPCL’s promise of Port Harcourt refinery’s readiness this August, Nigerians appears to be shedding endurance which is undoubtedly legitimate.
“Extra additionally we imagine the NNPCL and Nigeria’s oil trade want the overarching help of Nigerians and numerous civil society teams, particularly in shaping public opinion on the workings and mandate of varied stakeholders within the sector to scale back the quite a few conflicts, brainwashing, half-truths and incitements that Nigerians are simply misinformed.”
He additional stated that as a civil society organisation, it will not fold its arms and watch the assassination of Mr Mele Kyari’s character, particularly within the main controversies surrounding the oversight capabilities of the ad-hoc committee of the Nationwide Meeting.