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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