The federal government has said operatives of the Nigerian
Army, Navy and Civil Defense Corps would be effectively used in the fight
against crude oil theft in the Niger Delta Region.
Consequently, it has set up an Inter-Ministerial Committee
on the recovery of the illegally refined petroleum products ( crude oil) in the
Creeks of the Niger Delta Region.
The Committee comprised of representatives from the Nigerian
Army, Navy, Civil Defence Corps and the Federal Ministry of Defence.
Others in the Committee are representatives of the Federal
Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Environment, Nigeria National Petroleum
Corporation NNPC, Department of Petroleum Resources DPR and National Oil Spill
Detection and Response Agency.
Performing the inauguration of the committee on Thursday in
Abuja, the Solicitor General of the Federation, Malam Umar Etsu Mohammed said
the committee was put in place in line with government direction on security
and economy for efficient management of illegally refined petroleum products
and illegal operators in the Creeks
The federal government also charged the committee to detect,
report, evacuate, assess and ensure transparent disposal of the product with
due consideration to the environment.
The Solicitor General of the Federation announced that the
Federal Ministry of Justice will coordinate the process and house the
secretariat of the committee.
‘’ It is also my hope that the proceeds from this exercise
will be a source of additional revenue to the country’’
‘’The content of SOP is drawn from the provision of the
Asset Tracing, Recovery and Management Regulations 2019’’ , he said.
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