Delta
State Governor, Senator (Dr.) Ifeanyi Okowa, has condemned in strongest terms,
the recent attacks on the oil and gas facilities across the state and called on
all Deltans to cooperate with the security agencies to unmask the criminals
behind the heinous crime.
In a statement
signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Charles Ehiedu Aniagwu, the Governor urged
the security agencies to intensify their surveillance over the oil facilities
and pledged the commitment of his administration to support all measures that
would restore the confidence of all stakeholders in the oil & gas industry
operating in Delta state.
“These
attacks should be condemned by all well meaning Nigerians, particularly
compatriots from Niger Delta. This is an attack on our soul. The state is
bleeding again and its implication for the economy and image of Delta state
grave”, he said.
The
Governor noted that only last week, his administration hosted a stakeholders’
summit on the effects of the VANDALISM of oil and gas facilities in the state;
where the various arms of the security agencies, the oil and gas operators and
the host communities converged to brainstorm on measures to stem the activities
of vandals. He noted these attacks, coming just few days after the summit, was
not a good way of reciprocating the good intentions of his government and the
enormous resources that are being invested in turning around the fortunes of
the state.
He called
on community leaders and youth groups to resist any temptation to be drawn into
these nefarious activities as this might jeopardize the on-going intervention
of federal government, in the lives of the youths, through the Amnesty Office.
“Do not
be part of this crime and refuse to listen to any leader or politician who
would want to pitch one ethnic nationality against the other as a result of
these incidents. The destruction of oil facilities is purely criminal and we
reject attempts to label it otherwise”, the Governor observed. (GVT. PR)
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