Executive Assistant to the Delta State Governor on Security Matters, Olorogun Godwin Okporoko, has advised the Federal Government against succumbing to pressure to share the Pipeline Surveillance Contract on ethnic or community basis.
He stated this during an interview with DeltaTimes.
Speaking to DeltaTimes,the Executive Assistant to the Delta State Governor on Security Matters, Olorogun Godwin Okporoko said any attempt by the Federal Government to succumbing to pressure from critics to share the pipeline surveillance contract would trigger renewed cases of bunkering, pipeline vandalism and unrest among host communities.
Olorogun Godwin Okporoko who is also the President General of Owawa Sub Clan Community in OML 34, said that the agitation against the present contract award to Tantita Security Service, is being sponsored by those who were benefiting from bunkery and pipeline vandalism activities.
He noted that the current surveillance structure has helped to significantly reduce illegal oil bunkering and protect critical oil facilities across the Niger Delta region.
Olorogun Godwin Okporoko stressed that introducing ethnic or community considerations into the contract arrangement would weaken the operational effectiveness of the surveillance system and create unnecessary rivalry among communities.
He praised Tantita Security Services for the effort in successfully safeguarding the pipeline, which he said had led to an increase in daily Oil production.
He therefore urged the Federal Government to sustain the existing framework of the pipeline surveillance contract in order to consolidate the gains already recorded in securing oil installations and maintaining peace in the region.
