The N48 billion Tompolo contract | The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News

The award of a N48 billion-a-year contract to protect pipelines bearing petroleum products to a former Niger Delta militant, Government Ekpemupolo may be convenient for the Federal Government; but it adds no value to the esteem of an administration that had promised not to reward criminals with medals. Beyond that fact, the pipeline protection contract award to Tompolo raises deep concern about the capacity of the state to secure lives and properties.

Curiously, this is what the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited did recently in awarding a pipeline protection contract worth N48 billion yearly to Tompolo. The award had elicited criticism, but Mele Kyari, Group Chief Executive Officer of NNPCL, had said the Federal Government made “the right decision.” Events over the years have shown that the decision is rather a convenient one considering how the government has been handling issues of oil theft and vandalism.

The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre raised some valid questions when it asked: “What is the value of the investments and allocations made from the national treasury to the numerous security paraphernalia in Nigeria if an ex-militant is seen to be more competent to deliver on security issues than the entire armed forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria? Who oversees the procurement process of this award? Were there bids, and what process led to his emergence on this award? Or is our...

Groups such as Movement for the Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra and Indigenous People of Biafra have led several protests which have threatened the peace and security of the region. The government has also not been able to find a permanent solution to the unrest in the Niger Delta. Thousands of youths are on the government amnesty payroll and any disruption in the payments has the potential to destabilise the nation.

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