A community leader in the Niger Delta region, Sir Matthew ltsekure, on Wednesday, advised President Bola Tinubu to direct the management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited to renew the contract for pipeline surveillance in the area.
According to Itsekure in a statement in Warri on Wednesday, this was the only way to check oil theft and vandalism and shore up the country’s daily crude production.
“The renewal of the pipeline surveillance contract will enhance and sustain the already growing production quantum of crude to meet our target allocation as their activities are effectively frustrating illegal oil bunkering activities that were the norm in the area.
“It will be reasonable to renew rather than pander to the antics of the few voices opposed to this as the previous regime of illegality should prevail,” he said.
He added, “Nigeria needs all the resources she can garner and as long as crude oil bunkering activities are threatening our collective aspiration for growth as the highest foreign exchange earnings, it becomes instructive to give Tantita Security, all the support it desires to defeat our nation’s enemies.
“It is obvious that dissenting voices have rented the air to the contrary, but it’s my considered view that renewing this contract for Tantita Security would give the government the necessary impetus in the development and growth of the economy as there would be higher earnings in forex to achieve this.”
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