Ministan Jiha na Albarkatun Man Fetur, Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, ya yabu ci gaban aikin ginin saitin Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) a Lagos, wanda ya kasance haɗin gwiwa tsakanin Kamfanin NNPC Limited, Century Nigeria Limited, West African Exploration and Production company, da NNPC Energy Services Limited.
A cewar sanarwa a ranar Satumba, ta Special Assistant on Media and Communication ga Lokpobiri, Nneamaka Okafor, a lokacin da ministan ya kai ziyara ga wurin aikin, ya bayyana farin cikin sa da ci gaban da aka samu, lamarin da ya nuna damar da saitin FPSO zai taka wajen karin yawan samar da man fetur a Najeriya da kimanin 40,000 barrels kowanne rana.
Aikin FPSO ya kasance daya daga cikin matakan da ke fitowa daga taron ministan da NNPCL, a kan umarnin Shugaba Bola Tinubu na karin samarwa, kuma an tsara shi don inganta aikin gida da kudin shiga cikin masana’antar man fetur ta ƙasa.
Lokpobiri ya yabu haɗin gwiwar NNPCL, Century Group, da sauran abokan hulɗa, inda ya bayyana aikin a matsayin ɓangare mai mahimmanci a cikin ƙoƙarin Najeriya na karin yawan samar da man fetur da kaiwa cikin buƙatun duniya.
“Aikin da ake yi a nan shi ne irin namun daji da muke so a masana’antar man fetur. Tare da aikin irin wannan, ba kawai muna gina aikin gida ba, har ma muna faɗaɗa yawan samar da man fetur fiye da yawan aikin yanzu. Saitin nan ɗaya zai ƙara kimanin 40,000 bpd, wanda shi ne mafarin gaba don tattalin arzikinmu,” in ji ministan.
Ya kuma nuna mahimmancin karin yawan samar da man fetur na Najeriya, inda ya nuna ƙarfin gwamnati na goyon bayan haɗin gwiwa da nufin sake rayar da masana’antar.
“Manufarmu shi ne ganin Najeriya ta samar da man fetur fiye da yawan aikin yanzu, kuma aikin nan ya nuna irin namun daji da zai taimaka mana kaiwa burinmu,” in ji Lokpobiri.
A shekarar 2025, anatar da kammala aikin nan a cikin kwata na farko, kamar yadda Group Chairman na Century Group, Mr. Ken Etete, ya bayyana. “Muna da sauye-sauye da dama a saitin FPSO, kuma muna saita matakai daban-daban don aikin. Muna kan hanyar kammala komai a cikin kwata na farko na shekarar 2025,” in ji Etete.
Ya nuna cewa waɗannan sauye-sauye ba kawai zai inganta aikin gudanarwa ba, har ma zai saita saitin a matsayin ɓangare mai mahimmanci a masana’antar makamashin Najeriya.
