The Senate ad-hoc committee set up to investigate the turnaround maintenance of Nigeria’s refineries has said that the upgrade and full rehabilitation of the Port Harcourt refinery is at 90 percent completion and expected to commence operation before the end of the year.

Committee Chairman, Senator Ifeanyi Ubah (representing Anambra South senatorial district) disclosed this in Port Harcourt over the weekend when he led members of the committee on a courtesy visit to the Rivers Governor, Siminalayi Fubara.

Senator Ubah’s announcement is coming on the heels of a similar announcement by members of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) through its Port Harcourt branch chairman, Tekena Ikpaki, that the plant has largely been completed.