The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited [NNPC] has again failed to begin fuel production at the Port Harcourt refinery in Rivers State after about six postponements as of August 2024.

After the failure of the early August promise, the Chief Financial Officer of the NNPC, Umar Ajiya, said the Port Harcourt refinery will commence operations in September 2024.

Speaking to journalists in August, Ajiya had said petroleum products would be ready for testing before being supplied to the domestic market in September but as September ended yesterday, the NNPC did not give an update about the refinery.