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BY JIDE AYOBOLU<\/p>\n

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) recently said the
\nnation lost about $750 million to oil theft in 2019. The amount is about
\nN230 billion at the official CBN exchange rate of N306 to $1. NNPC\u2019s
\nGroup Managing Director, Mallam Mele Kyari, gave the figure in a
\npresentation to members of the Executive Intelligence Management Course
\n13 of the National Institute for Security Studies (NISS) who visited the
\nNNPC Towers, Abuja, on a study tour. A statement by Samson Makoji,
\nacting spokesman of the NNPC, said the GMD decried the growing
\nactivities of oil thieves and pirates which he described as a threat to
\nthe operations of the corporation. Kyari stated that any threat to the
\ncorporation\u2019s operations was a direct threat to the very survival of
\nNigeria as a nation because of the strategic role of the corporation as
\nan enabler of the economy.<\/p>\n

He listed other security challenges facing the corporation to include
\nvandalism of oil and gas infrastructure and kidnapping of personnel,
\nadding that there was a deep connection between the various shades of
\ninsecurity challenges as they are all linked to what was happening in
\nthe Gulf of Guinea and the entire maritime environment. He called for a
\nconcerted effort and synergy to secure oil and gas operations for the
\neconomic survival of the country. In his presentation, NNPC Chief
\nOperating Officer, Downstream, Engr. Yemi Adetunji, said in 2016, the
\nGulf of Guinea accounted for more than half of the global kidnappings
\nfor ransom, with 34 seafarers kidnapped out of 62 cases worldwide. He
\nsaid the corporation was working closely with security agencies to
\ntackle the security challenges, and cited the \u201cOperation Kurombe\u201d
\nthat was recently conducted by the Nigerian Navy at the Atlas Cove as an
\nexample of such collaborative efforts.<\/p>\n

It would be recalled that Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki has said
\nthat in the first six months of 2019, the nation lost about 22 million
\nbarrels of its crude oil production to oil theft. He said if nothing was
\ndone to curtail the ugly trend, the figure could double by the end of
\nthe year. Obaseki, who is the Chairman of the Ad-hoc Committee of the
\nNational Economic Council on Crude Oil Theft, Prevention and Control,
\nmade the call at a meeting of stakeholders which held at the NNPC
\nTowers. He said the twin menace of oil theft and pipeline vandalism were
\nbeginning to pose a threat to the national economy. The governor called
\non stakeholders to join forces and work towards eradicating the menace
\nof crude oil theft that is currently on the upward swing in the country.<\/p>\n

The corporation was excited that the menace of oil theft and its
\ntwin-evil of pipeline vandalism are receiving attention at the highest
\nlevel of governance in the country. The meeting had in attendance the
\nGroup Managing Director of NNPC, Mallam Mele Kyari, and representatives
\nof the governors of Delta, Bayelsa, Ondo, Cross River, Akwa Ibom and the
\nRivers States. Also in attendance were representatives of the Police,
\nNavy, Army, Civil Defense and the International Oil Companies (IOCs) and
\nsome indigenous operators. It would be recalled that in its June 2019
\nNNPC Monthly Financial and Operations Report (MFOR) released recently,
\nthe corporation announced a staggering 77 per cent rise in the cases of
\noil pipeline vandalism across its network of pipeline infrastructure.
\nAccording to the report, 106 pipeline points were breached, representing
\nan alarming increase from the 60 points vandalized in May 2019.<\/p>\n

Furthermore, The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation said it had
\nsuffered severe attacks on its facilities and assets, noting that
\nbetween 2001 to half-year 2019, it had recorded a total of 45,347 breaks
\non its downstream pipeline networks across the country. Speaking in
\nAbuja at the inaugural Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency
\nInitiative Policy Dialogue, NNPC Group Managing Director Mele Kyari said
\noil theft had remained a challenge in the industry despite some strong
\ninterventions in the past. NNPC, he said, had laid out steps to mitigate
\nthe ragging twin menace of pipeline vandalism and crude oil theft in the
\nnation\u2019s Oil and Gas Industry. A statement by NNPC spokesman Samson
\nMakoji said the GMD, who was represented at the event by the NNPC Chief
\nOperating Officer, Upstream, Roland Ewubare, listed other measures to
\ncurb the menace to include a security architecture with single
\naccountability for national critical infrastructure; industry and
\nregulatory commitment to transparent crude oil and products accounting;
\nrealistic expectation by host communities; and emplacement of
\nsustainable social investment mechanism.<\/p>\n

Oil bunkering or theft is a very serious act of economic sabotage and
\ncrime, which has very deep roots and long history in Nigeria. Bunkering
\nhas gradually but steadily undermined various efforts to reorganize the
\nnational economy and put Nigeria\u2019s political economy on a sound
\nfooting. The truth about this unfortunate sorry pass is that local
\neconomic criminals have teamed up international collaborators to
\nconstantly steal Nigeria\u2019s oil, thereby making ungodly gains. Hence,
\nwhat should have otherwise been used to develop the commonwealth of the
\nNigerian state, has been cornered and diverted into private pockets of
\ngreedy, highly connected; very influential, extremely dangerous and
\nwealthy individuals.<\/p>\n

Nigeria and Nigerians have suffered immeasurably in the hands of these
\ncrooked economic saboteurs and they not see anything wrong with their
\nendeavour, for them, it is just a means of livelihood, regardless of the
\nfact that it is illegitimate; it is immoral, it is scandalous but in
\ntheir thinking, it is a survivalist strategy, in which only the fittest
\nof the fittest survives, and all is fair in their business practices, as
\nthey continue to exploit the loopholes in the country\u2019s security
\narchitecture as well as leakages in the oil and gas industry. The
\nconspirators have devised several unorthodox means of getting cheap and
\nunearned monies at an immense loss to the country. All efforts to put
\nthese devious practices in check over the years have proved abortive;
\nthe cartels involved are very sophisticated and ruthless; they spare no
\nefforts to achieve their dastardly and sinister objectives.\u00a0 It is
\nimperative to underscore the fact that, hot-tapping and cold-tapping are
\nextremely sophisticated methods of oil theft and are primarily used in
\nlarge-scale operations during the crude oil stage. Terminal and vehicle
\ntransportation theft involve the re-appropriation of both crude and
\nrefined oil products from storage facilities during the process of
\nexport transportation.<\/p>\n

The Niger Delta is one of the world’s most important wetland and coastal
\nmarine ecosystems and is home to some 30 million people. Due to its rich
\nnatural resource base, environmental exploitation is rife and pollution
\naffects the people in unprecedented ways. Oil has been extracted in the
\nNiger Delta by the national and multinational oil companies since 1958.
\nOil pollution caused by oil spills and gas flaring by the oil industry
\ndevastates farmland, rivers, villages and the air. Oil pollution kills
\nfish and their food sources; it damages agricultural land causing soil
\ninfertility and negatively impacts agricultural productivity. The
\ngovernment fails to formulate and effectuate proper environmental and
\ncompensation regulations. The failure of the oil companies, including
\nShell, Eni, Chevron, Total and ExxonMobil, to swiftly deal with oil
\nspills exacerbates these problems as do spills resulting from oil
\nbunkering.<\/p>\n

As a direct consequence of the pollution, the people of the Niger Delta
\nare facing impoverishment, loss of livelihoods through poisoned land and
\nfishing waters, high rates of respiratory disease and illness,
\ndisenfranchisement and despair. Proper governmental policies to reinvest
\nstate income from oil in the Niger Delta for social and economic
\ndevelopment are desultory. The disastrous situation in many parts of the
\nNiger Delta violates people’s rights to health and a healthy
\nenvironment, the right to an adequate standard of living and the right
\nto earn a living through work. After many years of oil and gas
\noperations in the delta, most of the 30 million people living there
\nremain poor. The rapidly growing population is putting pressure on
\ntraditional livelihoods like fishing and agriculture.\u00a0 Only a very few
\nhave access to basic services and infrastructures like schools, health
\nclinics, electricity and running water. And, nothing has changed.<\/p>\n

Oil bunkering is very big business for local cabals and their
\ninternational conspirators. It has been alleged that those involved are
\nvery highly placed and strategically located in high places in and out
\nof government, and they fund politics and elections in the country.
\nHence, they belong to the exclusive class of the untouchables, because
\nif the government brings them to book it would amount to class suicide.
\nThe government needs to deal decisively with culprits no matter how
\nhighly placed or connected. There cannot be two sets of laws in the
\ncountry, one for the rich and the other for the poor, because equality
\nbefore the law is a cardinal principle of the rule of law and democratic
\nethos. This government has said it has zero-tolerance for corruption;
\nthis is one area that it should really show a zeal for fighting
\ncorruption. The President who is also the Commander- in – Chief of the
\narmed forces should read out the riot act to the security agencies and
\ngive them a free hand to operate. It is however, gratifying to note
\nthat, President Buhari has vowed to fight graft head-on and that; there
\nwill be no sacred cows.<\/p>\n

Nigeria that used to be the 6th largest oil-producing country in the
\nworld and a key member of OPEC is now placed around 12th with most of
\nthe oil used locally in the country externally sourced. It would be
\nrecalled that only recently the Federal Government said, it would fight
\noil theft with $1 billion by putting in place a comprehensive programme
\nto check crude oil and gas infrastructure, including the arrest and
\nprosecution of crude oil thieves. According to the Federal Government,
\n“oil theft is an aspect of global terrorism, which has become a big
\nindustry on its own. It has become a major threat to the Nigerian
\neconomy and we need to work with all stakeholders to curb. The thieves
\nmust be traced, apprehended and prosecuted”.<\/p>\n

President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration\u2019s attempt to reduce
\ncorruption within the government through the targeting of suspected
\nfacilitators of oil theft led to an increase in violence within the
\ncountry. For example, the creation of the Niger Delta Avengers militant
\norganization occurred after President Buhari prosecuted the leader of a
\nlocal militia group, Government Ekpemupolo, for his role in the practice
\nof oil theft in the Niger Delta region. Consequently, Ekpemupolo and the
\nNiger Delta Avengers have proceeded to sabotage multinational oil
\ncorporation pipelines. In addition to the violence associated with the
\nNiger Delta Avengers, oil spilt from these sabotage operations and the
\nillegal refinery practices committed by the local population have led to
\nthe severe pollution of the environment. Given that almost 83 per cent
\nof total exports revenue comes from the petroleum products revenue in
\nNigeria, the political and military elite have sought ways to
\nconsolidate their control of the oil trade. This monopoly over the oil
\ntrade has prompted many local villagers to commit small-scale oil theft
\nand to pursue the illegal refinery of stolen crude oil as a means of
\nentering into this unofficial economy.<\/p>\n

However, President Buhari is fully aware of the nefarious activities of
\noil thefts as well as its deleterious multiplier effects on the national
\neconomy, to this end, several palliatives were put in place, not only to
\nput paid to oil bunkering but also develop the whole of the Niger Delta
\nregion.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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