Pipeline vandalism: IPMAN donates 10 vans to NNPC
APRIL 29, 2013
Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria in the South-West has provided 10 operational vehicles to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation for the fight against pipeline vandalism.
The South-West IPMAN Chairman, Mr. Olumide Ogunmade, who handed over the vehicles to the NNPC Mosimi depot management, said the gesture was part of the association’s resolve to reduce the activities of pipeline vandals in the zone.
He made the donation on Friday during the re-launch of IPMAN’s anti-vandalism security outfit.
Ogunmade said it had become imperative to carry out 24-hour security surveillance along pipelines routes in System B2 in the South-West.
He believed the activities of the vandals on System B2 of the pipelines would soon be stamped outs, adding that enough security personnel had been employed to safeguard pipelines in the zone.
The IPMAN boss said, “By this donation of fleet of operational vehicles, we are sending a clear message to the vandals that the drum beat has changed as well as the dancing steps. The System B2 is no longer a no-go area for the vandals.
“They have ruined our economy and our business. They are destroying the nation’s legacies. We want to say that enough is enough. We are now coming out forcefully on the vandals.
“We are not going to condone this illegal activity anymore. Today, we do not have fuel at Ore depot, but we have fuel in the system. Why must they because of selfish interest ruin the lives of many Nigerians? Our economy is fuel driven.”
Ogunmade also promised that the group would purchase more vehicles to boost thes urveillance and to check the activities of the economic saboteurs in the zone.
He said, “We are going to double the fleet so that there will be enough vehicles to monitor the vandals. In their interest, they should desist from this illegal act.”
The Ogun State IPMAN Chairman, Dele Tajudeen, said the activities of the vandals had forced the NNPC to discontinue the supply of fuel into System B2.
NNPC Area Manager, Remi Eluyefa, commended the group stakeholders for providing financial and material resources to fight pipeline vandalism in the area.
Eluyefa promised that the corporation would continue to cooperate with the other stakeholders in the interest of all Nigerians.
Other stakeholders that attended the ceremony were the officials of the Petroleum Tanker Drivers and the Pipeline Petroleum Marketing Company.
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