NGF Set To Check Oil Theft

Uduaghanimages.jpg

Governor of Delta State, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, has said that the Nigerian Governors’ Forum, NGF, was determined to check the challenge of oil theft in the country.

Uduaghan said this while fielding questions from journalists at the venue of the NGF meeting, at the weekend, adding that the measures taken by the Forum to support the Federal Government were paying off.

Uduaghan said 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.

“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.

He urged the cooperation and vigilance of all Nigerians, as he noted that it was necessary to check illegal oil bunkering which had drastically reduced the socio-economic potentials of the country.