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Port Harcourt Refinery: APC’s Illusion of Progress Stirs Outrage Port Harcourt, Nigeria – The Port Harcourt refinery’s so-called activation is not a triumph but a bitter pill for Nigerians to swallow. Critics are pointing fingers squarely at the All Progressives Congress (APC), accusing the ruling party of orchestrating a charade to manipulate public sentiment.

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL), under intense pressure from the APC, announced the refinery’s reopening in what many now see as a calculated move to win public applause. Yet the Coalition for Accountability and Transparency in the Energy Sector (CATES) insists this is no refinery—it is a blending plant, far from the promised solution to Nigeria’s fuel crisis.“Nigerians paid for a refinery.

What they’ve been given is a façade,” said Dr. Linus Ikwur, spokesperson for CATES. He disclosed that stakeholders had repeatedly warned against converting the refinery into a blending facility, yet the NNPCL, acting under APC directives, ignored the outcry."Critics argue that this announcement was rushed, a desperate attempt by the APC to project an illusion of progress amid growing discontent over economic hardship.

The reality, they say, is that the facility cannot deliver the refining capacity required to reduce fuel imports or stabilize prices.“NNPCL’s hands are tied. They are following orders from the top,” said Ikwur. “The APC wanted a spectacle, not a solution, and this is the result.”Public trust in the APC’s energy policies has been eroding for years.Billions of naira have been funneled into the Port Harcourt project with little to show for it.

Families continue to bear the brunt of high fuel prices, inflation, and dwindling incomes. This latest announcement as well as the confusion trailing the controversial price per liter at the Old PH refinery has only deepened their frustration. In markets and on street corners, the story is the same. Nigerians feel betrayed. They see the refinery activation as another ploy by the APC to mask failures with fanfare. The streets may be calm now, but the resentment is building.

For a nation yearning for genuine progress, the Port Harcourt refinery stands as a grim symbol of squandered opportunities and broken promises. Nigerians know who is to blame, and they are watching.

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