Nigeria, July 6 -- Energy expert Dan Kunjle has urged the federal government to privatise the four state-owned refineries operated by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL).

Mr Kunle made the call in an open letter to President Bola Tinubu on Sunday titled, "NNPC's Four Diseased Fingers: The Refineries That Must Be Privatised."

In the letter, he described the refineries-Port Harcourt Refineries I and II, Warri Refinery and Kaduna Refinery-as "four diseased fingers" that have drained public resources for decades without delivering reliable refining capacity.

He argued that continued spending on the refineries diverts scarce resources from critical sectors such as healthcare, education, infrastructure, security and elect...