CDS General
Olonisakin
NNPC Commends
CDS General
Olonisakin
NNPC Commends Military for Securing Nigeria’s Oil
Sector
The newly appointed Group Managing Director (GMD) of Nigerian
National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mr Mele Kolo Kyari has
commended the Armed Forces of Nigeria (AFN) for providing a more
secured environment for the organization to carry out its functions
in the petroleum industry.
The GMD gave the commendation during his courtesy visit to the
Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) in his office at the Defence
Headquarters (DHQ) Abuja.
In his remarks, the GMD noted that the visit was necessary
considering the important role the AFN has been playing in
curtailing the activities of pipeline vandals and saboteurs of the
nation’s key national economic infrastructures.
Mr Kyari further stated, that the AFN in carrying out its
constitutional mandate, has created the much needed safe
environment for NNPC to conduct petroleum operations for the
benefit of all Nigerians.
Responding, the Chief of Defence Staff, General Abayomi Gabriel
Olonisakin congratulated the GMD on his appointment and assured him
of the readiness of the AFN to collaborate with the NNPC in
safeguarding Nigeria’s national economic infrastructures in the
area of oil and gas.
The CDS further assured the GMD that the AFN will sustain its
Operation AWATSE, which was launched to tackle the menace of
pipeline vandalism in South West Nigeria, amongst other criminal
activities, adding that the AFN will also intensify its ongoing
Operation DELTA SAFE in the South-South region of the country.
ONYEMA NWACHUKWU
Colonel
Acting Director Defence Information
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