Chairman of the Nigerian Young Professionals Forum (NYPF), Mr Moses Siloko Siasia, has strongly avowed that Government Ekpemupolo, better known as Tompolo, has the capacity and competence to stop crude oil theft in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria.
Siasia made this recommendation on Friday in Asaba, Delta State while addressing stakeholders on grievances that have played out in the aftermath of the Federal Government’s award of a N48billion-a-year contract to Tompolo to protect pipelines bearing petroleum products in the region.
He noted that most of the security agencies deployed to the region to stem the situation, have been compromised, adding that it was good thing that the Government has now realised that it is losing a lot of revenue from illegal oil bunkering.
The NYPF boss recalled that when Nigeria was losing serious revenue in the Maritime sector, Tompolo was engaged by the Federal Government, and he recorded tremendous success.
“It is only him that can do it, he has done it before. I wish to remind Nigerians, that when the country was losing a lot of revenue in the Maritime Sector, and they were not paying what they were supposed to pay to the Federal Government, with cargos leaving the country, he was the only Nigerian who showed capacity to resolve the issue at that time and you could see the success recorded.
“NIMASA engaged Tompolo and you could see the huge funds that was raised through his contract. It was when this Government came in 2015, they thought that there was something fishy and they cancelled the contract, today we can see results,” he noted.
Credit: Leadership