{"id":69479,"date":"2019-09-29T16:08:29","date_gmt":"2019-09-29T15:08:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=69479"},"modified":"2019-09-29T16:08:29","modified_gmt":"2019-09-29T15:08:29","slug":"sylva-kyari-on-peace-mission-to-niger-delta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/sylva-kyari-on-peace-mission-to-niger-delta\/","title":{"rendered":"Sylva, Kyari\u00a0on Peace Mission to Niger Delta"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u00a0<\/b>The Federal Government\u00a0would leave no stone unturned in the efforts to bring about\u00a0lasting peace and security in the nation\u2019s oil producing host communities and the entire Niger Delta region.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva and\u00a0the\u00a0Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mallam Mele Kyari,\u00a0stated this during their Stakeholders\u2019\u00a0Visit to host communities and facilities of Oil Mining Lease (OML) 25 in Kula Kingdom of Asari-Toru Local Government of Rivers State, Saturday.<\/p>\n

A release by NNPC Acting Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs, Mr. Samson Makoji, said the visit was in furtherance of the peace deal brokered by the GMD NNPC, under the supervision of the Minister, concerning the disputed mining lease between NNPC\u2019s Joint Venture partner,\u00a0Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) and Belema Oil, held in Abuja, a fortnight ago.<\/p>\n

In their separate addresses at the occasion,\u00a0the duo assured indigenes and traditional rulers in the\u00a0communities\u00a0that the Federal Government was keen on attracting investments to the area and create jobs for the teeming youths.<\/p>\n

Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Sylva,\u00a0told members of the host communities that for investments to thrive in the area, there was the need for\u00a0the people\u00a0to live in peace and harmony with oil companies as well as cooperate with one another.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe need unity in our land today. We have fought to this point and the Federal Government has started looking our way. It is time for us to change strategy and ensure that we bring the benefits of investments to our various communities. If we don\u2019t make our communities peaceful, investments cannot come. The investors are ready to come here, unfortunately in some cases there is no peace,\u201d Sylva noted.<\/p>\n

He observed that it was the responsibility of the locals to work with the Federal Government to bring peace to the communities so that investors can come and create\u00a0jobs for the youths in the area.<\/p>\n

Speaking during the visit, the NNPCGMD, Mallam Mele Kyari,\u00a0said the NNPC had the mandate of\u00a0Mr. President to work with various stakeholders towards bringing lasting peace to the oil producing host communities and by extension the entire Niger Delta\u00a0region.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur immediate priority is the restoration of peace\u00a0to\u00a0the host communities and not just to restore production. This is because once peace comes, oil production (which is about 35,000 barrels per day here) will ultimately return,\u201d Kyari stated.<\/p>\n

The GMD said following two years of dispute around OML 25 which led to the shutdown of the Belema Flow Station and loss of about 35,000 barrels of oil per day,\u00a0NNPC had no option but to engage the communities towards ensuring lasting peace and restoring production.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat we have done today is to ensure that normal life returns to this community so that after two years of dispute, we would have found a lasting solution which would\u00a0enable people to go back to their work, jobs will be created and the social services that ought to come with these activities will be restored,\u201d Kyari added.<\/p>\n

Kyari said the next stage now was that a re-entry process would\u00a0commence and that an evaluation of the extent of the damage done on the facility would\u00a0be carried out and within the shortest possible\u00a0time, the JV partner (SPDC) would\u00a0come up with a plan for restoring production in the\u00a0oil\u00a0mining lease.<\/p>\n

Speaking on behalf of traditional rulers in the Kula Kingdom, HRH, King Kroma Amabibi Eleki,\u00a0expressed\u00a0delight with the peace deal and their readiness to work with government towards bringing developmental projects to the people.<\/p>\n

Also in his remarks, President General of Kula Youth, Mr. Ekine Japus,\u00a0lauded the Federal Government\u2019s peace overtures through the Minister and the NNPC, saying\u00a0that it had given hope to the\u00a0youth in the\u00a0community.<\/p>\n

Other highlights of the occasion includedthe commissioning of NNPC\/Belema JV Portable Water Project as well as the groundbreaking of President Muhammadu Buhari 85km Kula-Degema-Port Harcourt Expressway.<\/p>\n

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