The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Dr. Maikanti Baru has said that the construction of greenfield refineries will commence this year in Kano and Kaduna, Daily Trust reports.

Baru said this while briefing members of staff of the corporation on the fuel supply situation in the country during a town hall meeting Tuesday in Abuja, adding that the refineries would source their crude from Niger Republic.

He said the designs for the proposed refineries in Kano and Kaduna were ready, saying their construction would commence this year. He said the Kaduna State Government was also championing a proposal to co-locate another refinery close to the KRPC with the intent of sourcing Nigerien crude for its operations.