UPDATED: Pipeline explosion: Senate orders NNPC to refund N382m to FG

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The Senate has directed the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to refund the sum of N382,203,055.74 it claimed to have used in...

The Senate has directed the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation to refund the sum of N382,203,055.74 it claimed to have used in firefighting operation during a pipeline explosion in Kom-kom, Rivers State.

The report also revealed that 96 persons died during the unfortunate inferno, according to the submissions of the Paramount Ruler of Komkom Community, High Chief S.N. Azuh and his Secretary, Kins Okorie, which was attached to the report.The ad hoc committee was chaired by Senator Ibrahim Gobir. “That NNPC should without further delay embark on Horizontal Directional Drilling in re-laying pipelines especially in identified hotspots where erosion has exposed the pipelines to the surface so as to conceal them from vandals as earlier advised by Lagos State Government.

“That NNPC should immediately invoke article 3.2 of the contract agreement entered with UTM Offshore Limited, issue a query to the company and provide evidence of compliance to the Committee on Downstream Petroleum Sector.

 

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