Niger Delta Task Force Pledges To Stabilise Downstream Operations 

A Niger Delta anti-pipeline vandalisation group, the Anti-Pipeline Vandalisation/Oil Theft & Illegal Bunkering Task Force, has commended the executive vice president of Downstream at the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, Isiyaku Abdullahi, over ongoing reforms, performance and successes recorded in the downstream of the oil and gas sector.

According to the task force, the reforms initiated by the Downstream at the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, under the watch of Isiyaku Abdullahi, have deeply impacted and galvanised that part of the oil and gas value chain.

The national coordinator, Anti- pipeline/Vandalisation and Oil Theft & Illegal Bunkering Task Force, Comrade Pathfinder Fiawei, said a review of Abdullahi’s track record and experience before he was appointed the executive vice president, Downstream at the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, showed that he is a round peg in a round hole.

He said: “We, the Anti-Pipeline Vandalisation/Oil Theft & Illegal Bunkering Taskforce group, are a critical stakeholder in the oil and gas sector, and we have painstakingly assessed and monitored the executive vice president Downstream at the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, EVP, Isiyaku Abdullahi, Downstream, and have seen the convincing impact and penetration of the timely reforms he has initiated, championed and executed that have drastically changed the narrative in the history of the oil and gas sector in this country.

“The EVP Downstream is a man of transparency and integrity whose administrative prowess and wealth of experience, along with a dogged team, are making a great impact that has passed our integrity test.

“We hail and laud your pragmatic reforms carried out downstream of the nation’s oil and gas sector, which reforms have placed Nigeria’s oil and gas sector far ahead of other countries, and we hail the performance of the EVP Downstream for this effort and patriotism displayed beyond reasonable doubt.

“There is no gainsaying that the crystallizing impact of these changes has proven the capacity of the man at the helm of affairs, which we applaud him for doing what has been neglected over the years. It’s no longer business as usual as far as the downstream is concerned.”

Meanwhile, Pathfinder highlighted the results of the reforms initiated and led by the EVP Downstream, including the upscaling of the PPMC’s annual profits from N3 billion to N19 billion and publishing NNPC’s first audited financial statements in 44 years. – Saving millions of dollars for the federation.

” Developing and implementing strategic financial plans and projects; Analysing data and solving problems related to financial performance; Building financial models and forecasts for energy operations.

“We in the Anti-Pipeline Vandalisation/Oil Theft & Illegal Bunkering Task Force unreservedly assure you that we have thrown our heavyweight behind your office and your reforms. Therefore, we resolve to support and drive the sweeping changes in the downstream sector as major stakeholders in the oil and gas sector.

“We also partner with your organisation to join forces to sternly fight and rout out saboteurs from the oil and gas sector who are out to cripple the nation’s economy with their activities of crude oil pipeline vandalism and illegal bunkering of our commonwealth at our detriment as citizens of Nigeria.

“We also join you to enforce transparency and accountability in the oil and gas sector as you carry out the reforms and policies to transform the nation’s downstream sector, most especially now that the nation’s four major refineries are coming on stream”, he said.