Governors’ Forum Set To Stop Oil Theft - Delta State Governor

Started by Shola Sholaz, Aug 13, 2013, 04:05 PM

Shola Sholaz

Delta State governor, Dr.Emmanuel Uduaghan, has said that the Nigerian Governors' Forum, NGF, was determined to check the challenge of oil theft in the country.
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Fielding questions from journalists at the venue of the NGF meeting, weekend, Governor Uduaghan said that the measures taken by the Forum to support the Federal Government were paying off.
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According to him, the Forum had to do something after the shut-down of two major pipelines (Trans- Niger and Nembe) led to the combined loss of about 300,000 barrels per day.
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"This resulted in the drop of our oil output from 2.5million bpd to 2.1million bpd. But as I speak today, the two pipelines vandalised and damaged had been repaired and re-opened," he added.
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He said that the cooperation and vigilance of all Nigerians was necessary to check illegal oil bunkering, which had drastically reduced the socio-economic potentials of the country.

Folami David

Stoppong Oil Theft in that part of the country is gonna be very difficult cos it is very much rampant over there. It'll be a hardnut to crack.