To save 20,000 jobs in the oil and gas industry, President Bola Tinubu has been asked to preserve the oil infrastructure protection contract awarded to Ocean Marine Security.
Traditional rulers and community leaders in several Niger Delta communities made the plea during the week while meeting with journalists and other stakeholders in Warri, the ancient oil-rich city.
The community leaders said Pipeline infrastructure (Ocean Marine Security) has brought peace, stable oil production and environmental justice to host communities in the Niger Delta.
“Over 20,000 young people in the Niger Delta may lose their means of legitimate livelihood if the Federal Government reverses the oil pipeline protection involving thousands of young people as local stakeholders, traditional rulers and youths in some oil producing communities,” the leader of Egbodoko Community Daniel Omawunmi told journalists in Warri as stakeholders took turns to speak.
The traditional rulers and community leaders in the Niger Delta who spoke to journalists during the week across the Niger Delta said they are ready to work with President Bola Tinubu to realise his mission of transforming the economy backed with a stable atmosphere of oil production in the Niger Delta.
The communities want the Federal Government to take bold steps to ensure oil theft, pipeline vandalization and pollution will end in the Niger Delta through active participation and support of local communities and professionals.
The weeklong stakeholders’ meetings were held in Warri, Ugheli, and two other Niger Delta communities.
