Niger Delta Group Demands Review Of Pipeline Contracts

A group, the Niger Delta Economic Justice Movement (NDEJM), has written to President Bola Tinubu, demanding for the review of the pipeline surveillance and security arrangements in the region.

NDEJM, in an open letter to the president, a copy of which was obtained by LEADERSHIP Weekend in Port Harcourt, insisted that the review and decentralisation of pipeline surveillance contract would ensure broader participation of host communities in the region.

Copied in the open letter were Senate President Godswill Akpabio, Speaker of the House of Representatives, RT. Hon. Tajudeen Abbas and the FCT minister, Chief Nyesom Wike.

Also copied in the letter, which was signed by Ogboka Umeda, Chief Charles Ekoro, Daniel Nwankwoala, Karl Chinedu Uchegbu and 10 others, were the national security adviser, Nuhu Ribadu and the minister of state for Petroleum, Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, among others.

The group called for the establishment of a structured framework that allows host communities to actively participate in the protection of oil and gas infrastructure located within their territories, urging the National Assembly to examine the current structure of pipeline surveillance contracts and consider measures that will promote transparency, fairness and inclusive participation.