The Nigerian National Petroleum
Corporation (NNPC) Wednesday disclosed that it was working closely with
International Oil Companies (IOCs) operating in Nigeria to deploy a
structured and holistic security strategy against the incidence of oil
and gas infrastructure sabotage in the country...
A statement from the Group General
Manager, Public Affairs of the NNPC, Mr. Ndu Ughamadu, in Abuja, stated
that plans on the new security collaboration with the IOCs was disclosed
by the corporation’s General Manager, Group Security Department, Mr.
Sam Otoboeze.
According to the statement, Otoboeze
stated that the new plan would complement existing efforts of the
federal government at securing oil and gas facilities in the country, as
well as operations in the industry.
Otoboeze stated that the one-stop-shop security machinery would be
tailored at professionally and effectively securing oil and gas
environment in line with global best practices for the good of the
national economy.
He said the corporation’s security
synergy with the IOCs and other security agencies would provide a robust
oil production environment that would enable the government make enough
money from he sector to effectively fund its annual budget.
Otoboeze equally revealed that the
corporation had rolled out a robust community security engagement
mechanism where members of oil bearing communities are engaged to secure
the oil facilities within their domain, adding that the strategy was
paying off with a drastic drop in oil and gas facility breaches.
He however decried the recent upsurge in
crude oil sales fraudsters, adding that the corporation would set up a
special security desk in collaboration with security agencies in the
country to crack down on the scammers.
According to him, the security
department would deploy all strategies to raise security awareness among
members of staff in order to reduce the incidence of kidnap of NNPC’s
staff and domestic theft.
He noted that to avoid unnecessary
distractions and insecurity during work hours, the department had also
installed access control and security turnkeys to secure the workforce.
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