By Akpos Oghenetega,
A prominent monarch in the Niger Delta region, His Royal Majesty, King Monday Obukowho Whiskey, Udurhe 1, the Ovie of Idjerhe Kingdom, Delta State has called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu-led Government to expand the scope of the oil pipeline surveillance contract given to Tantita Security Service Ltd.
The monarch who thanked President Tinubu for renewing Tantita Security contract noted that it has become necessary to expand the scope of Tantita's contract if the nation wants to experience outstanding results from the areas managed by Tantita Security.
King Whiskey disclosed this today, Monday, during a press conference at his palace in Jesse, Ethiope West local government of Delta State said that Tantita Security Service has demonstrated capacity in its areas of operations.
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His Royal Majesty, King Monday Obukowho Whiskey is the Udurhe 1, the Ovie of Idjerhe Kingdom, Delta State[/caption]
According to the reverend Monarch, Tantita Security Service Ltd while curbing oil theft and illegal bunkering, has also in restoration of our environment to its natural state, because they have checked the indeterminate pollution of the waters through the activities of oil bunkers from every available fact.
He said, "Tantita Security Service is doing very well and has shown capacity to deliver on its mandate of securing our critical oil facilities and it has helped in restoring our environment to its natural state.
If you travel through the rivers in Delta, you will see clean water and will also see that aquatic lives are returning to our rivers, this is through the efforts of one individual. And from every available fact Tantita Security has not only shown that it has the capacity but has also demonstrated beyond reasonable doubt that it is committed to helping to grow our oil and gas production.
If we must move forward in this regard, there's therefore the need for more government encouragement. By this, having thanked President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for renewing Tantita Security Service contract, I am also using the same medium to appeal to him to expand the scope of this job.
From every available fact, it's not only Tantita Security this job was given to, the job was given to other contractors, but it's only in the areas where Tantita is working that we are seeing this huge improvement.
Improvement in our environment, when oil is spilt in water, it has three effects, the water is no longer consumable, almost all the aquatic life in that river will go and the environment will be degraded. And for more than a year now, we are beginning to see clean water, so, the government should at the possibility of expanding the scope of that job and by so doing, we will have a cleaner environment in the region.
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Some palace chiefs at the briefing[/caption]
"So, we are appealing as a matter of urgency to encourage Tantita Security to do more, because doing so will also help in creating more jobs.
King Whiskey added that if Tantita's job b scope is expanded and it's able to take at least 50 youths from each kingdom that produces oil in the Niger Delta, it will have a huge effect on the economy of the region and the country at large.
He also called on the people of the Niger Delta region to support the efforts of Tantita Security Services in protecting oil installations in the region.
