Maikanti Baru, the group managing director of the NNPC, says over 50 percent of petrol through the Aba-Enugu pipeline network was stolen
Baru pleads with Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu state to help protect the pipeline
The NNPC chief about 700 breaches were recorded on the pipeline
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has revealed that more than 50 percent of petroleum products pumped through the Aba-Enugu pipeline network was stolen as it lamented high rate of vandalisation in the south-eastern part of Nigeria, Vanguard has reported.
The report quoted a statement by the group managing director of the NNPC, Maikanti Baru, as saying this in Abuja during a visit to Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu state.
According to Baru, at some point, about 700 breaches were recorded on the pipeline as he added that this situation had hampered efficient supply and distribution of petroleum products not only in the state, but in the entire South-East region.
“The Osisioma and Nsirimo areas (both in Abia state) as well as Ishiagwu (in Ebonyi state) were the major vandalism flash points along the line where illegal connections for diversion of products had been observed almost on a daily basis.
“Even after the Aba-Enugu pipeline was repaired, it still had to be shut down as the corporation hardly gets up to 50 per cent of the products pumped,” Baru said while describing the Enugu depot as a major NNPC supply and distribution infrastructure in the entire South-East region and that this requires the support of all stakeholders bring back to life.
Baru called on the governor to rally his counterparts in the region to work with the NNPC and security agencies to secure the strategic pipeline which would go a long way in reviving efficient supply and distribution of petroleum products in the area.
“This depot is not only strategic to the South East, it also serves as a bridge to Makurdi Depot in the North Central as well as the Yola Depot in the North East,” he noted while urging the governor to collaborate with relevant government agencies to enforce the sale of petrol at filling stations in the state at the government-regulated price of N145.
“You wouldn’t want to watch as unpatriotic marketers profiteer over your innocent citizens. We still believe marketers anywhere in this country can make profit selling at the official pump price,” Baru added.
On his part, Governor Ugwuanyi pledged to work together with the NNPC to revamp the strategic Enugu depot towards meeting the petroleum products demand of the entire South-East region and beyond.
The governor also promised to rally his counterparts from the region to ensure that the Aba- Enugu pipeline is secured from the vandals.
Channels Television reports that the managing director of the Petroleum Products Marketing Company (PPMC) Umar Ajiya said the NNPC Act is a law on its own which the corporation implements with or without the National Assembly.
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