A 15 million-liter aviation fuel store will be unveiled near the Murtala Muhammed International Airport road in Lagos by the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, and the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Senator Heineken Lokpobiri.
When it opens for business on October 17, 2024, the Joint User Hydrant Installation 2 will be Nigeria’s largest airside jet fuel store.
This was revealed in a statement provided to the PUNCH on Thursday and signed by Patience Dappa, the chairperson of the JUHI-2 Board and group managing director of Masters Energy.
Dappa said,
The managing director/chief executive officer of Eterna Plc and head of the JUHI-2 Commissioning Committee, Abiola Lawal, offered additional commentary on the event.
He stressed that a wide range of aviation activities would be supported by the facility, such as cargo, business jets, internal and international travel, the hajj, and other scheduled and unscheduled flights.
TimesNow.com.ng reported that Festus Keyamo, the minister of aviation and aerospace development, has clarified his position on an earlier report insinuating that the federal government gave permission for the airlines operating in Nigeria to buy Jet fuel solely from the Dangote refinery.
This followed an earlier report that the federal government authorised Dangote Refinery to act as the only supplier of jet fuel to Nigerian airline operators.
According to the report inferred from a ChannelsTV report, the minister disclosed that the airline operators had decided to designate the 650,000 barrels per day refinery as the only jet fuel supplier for the aviation industry.
Source: TimesNow.com.ng
