The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and Nigeria Police
Force (NPF) have pledged to work more closely together to curb the
attacks on oil and gas facilities across the country by militants and
others.
The two agencies made this commitment this week when the
Group Managing Director of NNPC, Dr Maikanti Baru, visited the Inspector
General of Police (IGP), Mr. Ibrahim Idris, at the Force Headquarters
in Abuja.
Baru drew the attention of the police to the growing
insecurity around oil and gas facilities with the latest being the
attack by the Niger Delta Avengers on the Chevron gas pipeline in Delta
State. The GMD explained that the attacks on oil and gas facilities are
taking a toll on the national budget with massive shortfalls in revenue
as well huge losses in petroleum products, environmental degradation,
refineries shutdown and loss of lives.
He called on the police
boss to deploy police personnel to all oil and gas facilities, adding
that the corporation was ready to provide whatever support that is
needed for enhanced security.
The IGP, on his part, stated that
the police was working on a number of strategies to build capacity for
effective policing of the difficult terrain where some of the oil and
gas facilities are located.
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