The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, has says it will achieve full recovery of the outstanding crude swap product under-deliveries from three companies.
They are Aiteo Energy Resources, Televaras Group of Companies and Ontario Oil and Gas Limited.
Addressing newsmen in Abuja, Group Managing Director of the NNPC, Mr. Maikanti Baru, said so far, the corporation has recovered $208 million from Aiteo and Televaras.
Baru, who was represented by Mr. Saidu Mohammed, Chief Operating Officer, Gas and Power, NNPC, said the NNPC is currently working hard to recover $103 million from Ontario.
Baru said that the NNPC has taken far-reaching measures to recover N14 billion, being 130 million litres of missing Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, stored in the facilities of some depot owners.
According to Baru, one of these operators has fully compiled by returning the expropriated volumes, adding that it is working with security agencies to recover about N11 billion from the second operator.
The NNPC GMD appealed to vandals to desist from the destruction of its facilities, noting that the act poses serious threat to economy of the country, among others.
“On security challenges, we are setting up an all-advisory security council involving critical stakeholders which include security agencies, Niger Delta youths and leaders, international oil companies, among others, to complement the Federal Government’s efforts towards addressing host communities agitations as well as ensuring lasting peace in the region”.
“For the umpteenth time, we want to passionately appeal to those behind indiscriminate acts of infrastructure vandalism to put an end forthwith to these despicable acts which are a great threat to the economy, eco-system and energy security.
He commended the media for its role in combating crude oil theft and vandalization, insisting that further support from the media in its quest to work with relevant stakeholders will safeguard the nation’s oil and gas facilities.
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Meanwhile the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), on Friday said it is diversifying into the health sector and plans to commercialize its 52 clinics and hospitals spread across the country.According to a statement by the NNPC in Abuja, this diversification initiative is part of its strategy to stay afloat as a commercially viable entity.
Towards this end, the Group Managing Director of the Corporation, Mr. Maikanti Baru, inaugurated the Boards of the NNPC Medical Services Limited, NMSL and the NNPC Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) Limited.
The NNPC statement said, “Following its recent restructuring, its Group Medical Services was realigned as a new venture non-core business entity, charged with the responsibility of creating new medical businesses that will generate revenue for the Corporation.
It said that as at today, the NNPC Medical Services Division boasts of 52 clinics and hospitals spread across the Corporation’s various locations across the country, providing services to staff and their family members.
Speaking at the inauguration ceremony, Baru said the aim of the NNPC now, was to open up these medical facilities to other oil and gas organizations as well as other interested third party consumers for profitability.
“My vision is to make NNPC a renowned Health Medical Services (HMS) provider globally.
“In the nearby future, we are committed to making our medical facilities a reference point for the provision of world-class health medical services in Africa and beyond.”
He told the board members, “It is going to be a new terrain for all of you. You must take advantage of the latest and most efficient technological advancement in healthcare service delivery”.
Baru particularly urged the boards to make the NNPC Medical Services as a specialized medical service provider in areas like “Burns and Trauma Centre” by synergizing with the best partners in that field of medicine.
In his speech, Chief Operating Officer, NNPC Ventures, who doubles as Board Chairman of the two organizations, Mr. Babatunde Adeniran, noted that NNPC was taking advantage of the new opportunities in the nation’s health sector.
“With this development, the existing NNPC Hospitals will compete for clients with other top class hospitals in locations where they operate hence quality of service would be improved”.
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