President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday warned against the
vandalization of oil pipelines in the Niger Delta and oil-producing areas which
often results in environmental pollution.
He spoke shortly after performing his Eid prayer at the
Presidential Villa, Abuja.
A statement forwarded by his spokesman, Garba
Shehu quoted Buhari as saying: “Those who are blowing pipelines and interfering
with the production of petroleum products are hurting their people more than
the rest of Nigerians because majority of their people are fishermen,
fisherwomen and farmers.
“Now if they pollute the land and the waters, the fish goes
into the deeper sea where the people cannot go and they cannot grow anything.
They are hurting their immediate communities more than any other thing.”
He also decried the wastage of the resources earmarked for
the betterment of the lives of the people of the Niger Delta.
Lamenting that corruption has been unhelpful in the area of
developing the Niger Delta region, Buhari said, “if you recall there is the 13
per cent derivation.”
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