In a video message at the facility’s inauguration, the
president said it had also reduced the cost and delivery of petroleum products
distribution to many parts of the country.
He congratulated the chief executive officer of Pinnacle Oil
and Gas Ltd., Peter Mbah, for establishing the massive terminal facility and
for providing hundreds of jobs for Nigerians.
The president described the investment as a demonstration of
the success of his administration’s agenda to transform the nation’s economy.
He added that the government looked forward to many more
investments of the same magnitude.
Mr Buhari assured investors of the federal government’s
continued support in efforts at elevating the country’s growing prosperity.
“The provision of energy security is one of the cardinal
points of our administration.
The president also expressed the hope that further expansion
works, which the company had since started, would provide incremental value,
especially more employment for youths.
“The success of our agenda to transform our country is
clearly demonstrated by this massive investment and the obvious contributions
it has made to our overall economic well-being,’’ he stressed.
Mr Buhari also said that the federal government would
continue to encourage and support investors to take advantage of ongoing
reforms in the oil and gas sector as enshrined in the Petroleum Industry Act.
He expressed the hope that other investors would replicate
the feats achieved by Pinnacle Oil and Gas Ltd.
In his remarks, Mr Mbah expressed confidence that the
terminal, with over one billion litre-capacity, would fulfil its promise by
positively impacting the downstream sector of the country’s oil and gas
industry.
Mr Mbah noted that the ultra-modern, purpose-built petroleum
products intake, off-take and storage facility would facilitate the efficient
receipt of imported petroleum products.
Mr Mbah explained that vessels arriving at the facility
would have the opportunity to anchor at either of its two offshore berths.
According to him, the company’s shore tank farm can handle
up to 300 million litres of petrol and diesel.
He said the facility was designed to permit rapid discharge
into trucks for evacuation at a rate of up to 20 million litres per day.
Mr Mbah said a consortium of Nigerian banks were behind the
$1 billion funding of the facility.
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