Construction begins in earnest at Midoil refinery

The groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of Lagos has finally been completed by Midoil Refining and Petrochemicals Company Limited.

Recently, the sod was turned in Shekungba, Ikosi/Ejinrin Local Council Development Area, Lagos State.

 Dignitaries were escorted to the vast area of land in the Ikosi/Ejinrin Local Council Development Area by Mrs. Elizabeth-Omolara Akintonde, the Executive Chairman of Midoil.

Leaders and community members were reassured by Akintonde that the refinery will bring about quick growth and provide both direct and indirect jobs, so transforming their localities.

She applauded the leaders of the villages for not falling for the lies of those who attempted to buy them out of their commitments. 

Hajia Amina Abdullahi, the Chairman of Serenecity Staff Housing Estate and one of the Directors of Midoil, expressed her happiness that the project had finally started after more than ten years of delay.

"We trust that the refinery will be inaugurated in our lifetimes. "We have taken the right step with the turning of the sod today, but we know this is a big project that will go through many processes," she said. 
Retired Justice Olusola Hunponu-Wusu, a founding member of the proposed refinery, believed that in order to increase the nation's refining capacity and eliminate petroleum imports, more refineries were needed.

Hunponu-Wusu, certain that feedstock would not be a hindrance when the Midoil refinery eventually opened, recommended the nation to increase its existing low oil production.