{"id":17342,"date":"2025-08-19T19:11:32","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T19:11:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phmundial.com\/?p=17342"},"modified":"2025-08-19T19:11:32","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T19:11:32","slug":"okrika-eleme-hoscom-reacts-as-nnpcl-ceo-shuns-ph-refinery-during-visit-to-rivers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deepstrataenergy.com\/phmundial\/2025\/08\/19\/okrika-eleme-hoscom-reacts-as-nnpcl-ceo-shuns-ph-refinery-during-visit-to-rivers\/","title":{"rendered":"Okrika, Eleme HOSCOM Reacts as  NNPCL CEO Shuns PH Refinery During Visit to Rivers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Mandy Willy<\/p>\n<p>The Hoscom Bulk Retailers Association of the Port Harcourt Refinery has expressed disappointment over the recent visit of the Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Engr. Bayo Ojulari, to Rivers State without a stop at the Port Harcourt Refinery.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, signed by the association Executives, High Chief Sunny Nkpe, Dr Joseph Obele, Comr. Emmanuel Inimgba, Pastor Tekena Ikpaki, Dickson Obelley, described Ojulari\u2019s decision to visit the Nigeria LNG facility in Bonny while ignoring the refinery as \u201ca slap in the face\u201d to the workers and management of the refinery.<\/p>\n<p>They stressed that while the LNG facility remains an important national asset, the Port Harcourt Refinery plays a vital role in Nigeria\u2019s refining capacity and deserves equal recognition and support.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA visit to the Port Harcourt Refinery by Engr. Bayo Ojulari would have served as a morale booster and motivation to the rehabilitation team and contractors working tirelessly to restore the facility to optimal capacity,\u201d the statement read.<\/p>\n<p>The group further warned that the omission signaled a worrying lack of interest in the refinery\u2019s functionality, raising questions about the priorities and commitment of NNPCL leadership to its rehabilitation.<\/p>\n<p>They called on the NNPCL boss to revisit his itinerary and pay a courtesy visit to the refinery to acquaint himself with its operations and challenges.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Mandy Willy The Hoscom Bulk Retailers Association of the Port Harcourt Refinery has expressed disappointment over the recent visit of the Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Engr. Bayo Ojulari, to Rivers State without a stop at the Port Harcourt Refinery. In a statement, signed by the association<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17318,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17342","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deepstrataenergy.com\/phmundial\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17342","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deepstrataenergy.com\/phmundial\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deepstrataenergy.com\/phmundial\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deepstrataenergy.com\/phmundial\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deepstrataenergy.com\/phmundial\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17342"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deepstrataenergy.com\/phmundial\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17342\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deepstrataenergy.com\/phmundial\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17318"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deepstrataenergy.com\/phmundial\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deepstrataenergy.com\/phmundial\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deepstrataenergy.com\/phmundial\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}