Insecurity worries oil workers

President of the union, Achese Igwe said that despite the formation of the 7th division of the Nigerian army in Borno, the killings have continued unabated in Maiduguri and its environs.  He expressed the union’s displeasure over the poor handling by security agencies of the crisis in Rivers State, which he said, has turned a […]

President of the union, Achese Igwe said that despite the formation of the 7th division of the Nigerian army in Borno, the killings have continued unabated in Maiduguri and its environs.  
He expressed the union’s displeasure over the poor handling by security agencies of the crisis in Rivers State, which he said, has turned a once peaceful environment to a hostile one.  
According to him, insecurity is hindering the flow of foreign investors into the country, especially when such potential investors watch and read only about fighting in the country.   
He urged security agents not to be partisan in the crisis but strive to ensure law and order is maintained, just as he advised the federal government to frontally address the security challenges in the country.
The union hopes that the recent overhaul of service chiefs will provide a new method and approach to handling the security challenges.
That modern-day technology in tracking and sensors should be deployed, as these insurgents communicate, meet and train on the usage of high caliber weaponry without detection.
“The union stresses that these insurgents are not ghosts and it is up to security agencies to be alive to their responsibilities to device ways of putting a stop to these senseless killings of innocent Nigerians,” it said.
NUPENG urged the federal government to pay security agencies their allowances as and when due in order not to lower their fighting spirit in the ravaged areas.