{"id":39351,"date":"2021-03-18T19:26:27","date_gmt":"2021-03-18T19:26:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?p=39351"},"modified":"2021-03-18T17:45:40","modified_gmt":"2021-03-18T17:45:40","slug":"rivers-state-i-will-not-jubilate-over-1-5bn-ph-refinery-repair-approval-gov-wike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/rivers-state-i-will-not-jubilate-over-1-5bn-ph-refinery-repair-approval-gov-wike","title":{"rendered":"Rivers State: I will not jubilate over $1.5bn PH refinery repair approval \u2013 Gov Wike"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press<\/a> – Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has said that he will not be jubilating over recent approval of $1.5 billion by the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government to refurbish the Port Harcourt refinery.<\/p>\n

Wike emphasised that an approval does not amount to the release of needed funds, noting that there had been a series of unfulfilled promise concerning the refinery in the past.<\/p>\n

The Governor, who spoke on Channels Television\u2019s Politics Today, said that fixing the refinery will create a lot of economic activities and employment for the citizenry.<\/p>\n

Wike, however, wondered why a refinery in a city where oil is produced is abandoned<\/p>\n

\u201cWhere is the oil being produced? Why is it that the refinery where the oil is being produced is not working? Wike asked.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have had a lot of promises, we have had a lot of talks and nothing has materialized.<\/p>\n

\u201cApproval is not release. I am not going to jubilate because the Federal Government said they have approved $1.5 billion for the rehabilitation of the Port Harcourt refinery. It is not something to say Hallelujah for.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has said that he will not be jubilating over recent approval of $1.5 billion by the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government to refurbish the Port Harcourt refinery. Wike emphasised that an approval does not amount to the release of needed funds, noting that there had been […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":39350,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,15,28,26],"tags":[1570,2140,254,689,454],"class_list":["post-39351","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-economy","category-homepage-english","category-twitter","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-nigeria-2","tag-nigeria","tag-rivers-state","tag-wike"],"yoast_head":"\nRivers State: I will not jubilate over $1.5bn PH refinery repair approval \u2013 Gov Wike - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has said that he will not be jubilating over recent approval of $1.5 billion by the ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/rivers-state-i-will-not-jubilate-over-1-5bn-ph-refinery-repair-approval-gov-wike\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Rivers State: I will not jubilate over $1.5bn PH refinery repair approval \u2013 Gov Wike\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has said that he will not be jubilating over recent approval of $1.5 billion by the ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/rivers-state-i-will-not-jubilate-over-1-5bn-ph-refinery-repair-approval-gov-wike\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-03-18T19:26:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2021\/03\/img-605391a716990.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/rivers-state-i-will-not-jubilate-over-1-5bn-ph-refinery-repair-approval-gov-wike#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/rivers-state-i-will-not-jubilate-over-1-5bn-ph-refinery-repair-approval-gov-wike\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Rivers State: I will not jubilate over $1.5bn PH refinery repair approval \u2013 Gov Wike\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-03-18T19:26:27+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/rivers-state-i-will-not-jubilate-over-1-5bn-ph-refinery-repair-approval-gov-wike\"},\"wordCount\":197,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/rivers-state-i-will-not-jubilate-over-1-5bn-ph-refinery-repair-approval-gov-wike#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2021\/03\/img-605391a716990.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Nigeria\",\"Nigeria\",\"Rivers state\",\"Wike\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Economy\",\"homepage-english\",\"twitter\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/rivers-state-i-will-not-jubilate-over-1-5bn-ph-refinery-repair-approval-gov-wike#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/rivers-state-i-will-not-jubilate-over-1-5bn-ph-refinery-repair-approval-gov-wike\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/rivers-state-i-will-not-jubilate-over-1-5bn-ph-refinery-repair-approval-gov-wike\",\"name\":\"Rivers State: I will not jubilate over $1.5bn PH refinery repair approval \u2013 Gov Wike - 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