{"id":97850,"date":"2022-08-09T08:59:26","date_gmt":"2022-08-09T07:59:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=97850"},"modified":"2022-08-09T08:59:26","modified_gmt":"2022-08-09T07:59:26","slug":"oil-theft-now-a-national-emergency-as-nigeria-loses-over-400000bpd-fg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/oil-theft-now-a-national-emergency-as-nigeria-loses-over-400000bpd-fg\/","title":{"rendered":"Oil theft now a national emergency as Nigeria loses over 400,000bpd\u2013FG"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva has lamented that \u201cthe problem of crude oil theft has reached a level of national emergency\u201d and that \u201cthe situation cannot be handled in Abuja alone.\u201d<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nThis as the\u00a0 federal government, security agencies, Nigeria National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited are partnering with Governor Hope Uzodimma and other oil producing states to ensure that the fight against pipeline vandalism and oil theft in the State is contained.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nSpeaking at the Stakeholders meeting held at the New Executive Chambers Government House Owerri, Monday, Sylva said Nigeria looses over 400,000 barrels of crude oil per day to oil thieves.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nThe Minister said:\u00a0 \u201cIt is a national emergency because the theft has grown wings and has reached a very bad crescendo. This is because the thefts are taking place in the Communities that host the oil pipelines and as a result, it has become necessary to involve the Stakeholders, especially the host Communities.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\u201cAnd because of the height and the orchestrated nature of oil theft Nigeria could not take the advantage and opportunities that are bound in the gas production because no investor would want to invest where there is incessant insecurity and vandalism of the infrastructure.\u201d<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nHe therefore canvassed the need to come together, and collaborate to solve the problem \u201cand avoid the problem killing us as a Country.\u201d He added: \u201cAnd to achieve the above there is the need to involve the State Government and the people at the grassroot.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He thanked the Governor for putting a lot of efforts to ensure that Imo is safe and the economy is not closed down.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The sit-at-home is not working in Imo State as against the thinking out there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In his remarks\u00a0 Governor Uzodimma described the consequences of crude oil theft as \u2018\u2019very alarming and too much to be tolerated.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n<p>He noted that the problem has not only led to the drop in earnings for the government but has also created environmental pollution and other health hazards.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting is part of industry wide intervention to curb crude oil theft in Nigeria. It afforded the Governor the opportunity to host a high powered delegation comprising the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, the Minister of State Education,\u00a0 Rt. Hon. Goodluck Nana Opiah, the Chief of Defence Staff, General Lucky Irabor and the Group MD\/CEO NNPC Limited, Mele Kyari and other stakeholders of Imo State that include traditional rulers and representatives of Producing Community.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nThe Governor expressed worries by Stakeholders over banditry and oil theft in the South East and Imo State in particular and thanked the Armed Forces for their concerted efforts in the fight against the crime in the past years.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On the suggestion to engage private security contractors, Governor\u00a0 Uzodimma described the idea as \u2018\u2019a delicate one,\u2019\u2019 noting that \u201cfor such to take place the Nigeria Security Agencies must take interest and profile the security contractors to ascertain their genuiness before engaging them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He emphasized that those to be engaged \u201cmust know the geography, the policies and programmes and the workings in the places they are to operate before engaging them to avoid engaging some of the thieves as security contractors.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nGovernor Uzodimma added: \u201cCrude oil theft is run by a cabal and a cartel that are ready always to resist the security agencies. 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