Nigeria has restarted the Port Harcourt refinery.
Spokesman of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Garba Deen Muhammad says the company which has a capacity of 210,000 barrels a day, begins operation to end fuel shortages.
Though not in full capacity, he says production will be between three and five million litres daily.
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Dollar shortages and the shutdown of its refineries have for weeks left motorists queuing for petrol across the country.
NNPC said it is also planning to restart its 110,000-barrel-per-day refinery, in the northern city of Kaduna by mid-April.
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