N156 trillion needed to clean-up Niger Delta

Kuku who is also the Chairman, Presidential Amnesty Programme, said at the conference on oil and illegal oil bunkering in the Niger Delta held in Lagos that the current wastages in the nation’s oil industry was regrettable.He said while it was difficult to actually estimate how much crude oil was stolen from Nigeria, the environmental […]

Kuku who is also the Chairman, Presidential Amnesty Programme, said at the conference on oil and illegal oil bunkering in the Niger Delta held in Lagos that the current wastages in the nation’s oil industry was regrettable.
He said while it was difficult to actually estimate how much crude oil was stolen from Nigeria, the environmental impact of the illegal activities on the people of Niger Delta cannot be over-emphasised.
He said the president has since empowered joint military forces to tackle those who were hell-bent in sabotaging the nation’s economy and its environment.
According to him, the efforts of the security forces in checking the activities of the saboteurs have started yielding results.
‘’We are aware that several sites of illegal refining have been dismantled and destroyed. We are entering a critical phase in frontally confronting this challenge and there is no doubt that we will triumph. President Jonathan has also established a high-power committee consisting of key ministers, the security agencies and Governors of states in the Niger Delta to tackle the situation,’’ he added.
Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Dele Joseph Ezeoba expressed concern over the growing pipeline vandalism and oil theft in the country.
He implored multinational oil companies to employ scientific approach to protect their pipelines as well as redesign their corporate social responsibility programme to dissuade the minds of people from oil theft.