FG Unveils Plan to Commence Local Aviation Fuel Refining

The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources and GMD of NNPC, Ibe Kachikwu, on Tuesday, April 26, unveiled plans by the federal government to begin local refining of aviation fuel, otherwise known as JET A1.

The NNPC Boss, who made this known during a meeting with his counterpart in the Aviation Ministry, Senator Hadi Sirika, also pledged to work with all stakeholders to eliminate the noticeable challenge faced by airline operators in accessing aviation fuel for their daily operations.

Speaking while receiving the Minister of State for Aviation and his team of directors during a visit to the NNPC Towers, Abuja,Kachikwu stated that though the nations refineries are not producing aviation fuel for now efforts would be made in due course to provide the enablers which would ensure local production in the near future.

Speaking further, according to a statement by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) spokesman. Garba Deen Mohammad, Kachikwu who noted that although the supply and distribution of JET A1 is outside the control of government because it has since been deregulated, a meeting of importers of aviation fuel.