The Ohanaeze Youths Ndigbo Youth Movement has commended the National Assembly for passing a vote of confidence in Tantita Security Services Nigeria Limited, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), security agencies, and the Federal Government, describing the move as a triumph of diligence, transparency and national interest.

The group’s reaction follows a resolution by the joint committees of the National Assembly on Petroleum Resources, which dismissed petitions calling for the decentralisation of pipeline surveillance contracts across oil-producing states.

At a roundtable on pipeline security held in Abuja on Wednesday, the National Assembly panel rejected the petitions after adopting a motion moved by a member of the joint committee. The panel held that fragmenting pipeline surveillance contracts into multiple arrangements would undermine coordination and weaken accountability, stressing that Nigeria’s economic stability depends on strengthening effective systems rather than diluting them.

Similarly, the Chairman of the House Committee on Petroleum Resources (Downstream), Hon. Ikenga Ugochinyere, said the petitions lacked merit, noting that the petitioners failed to appear before the panel despite several invitations.

In what was described as a landmark show of unity, more than 300 members of the National Assembly unanimously adopted the vote of confidence in Tantita, reaffirming its pivotal role in pipeline surveillance and the fight against crude oil theft.

In a statement issued by its Acting National Secretary, Anderson Achili, the Ohanaeze Youths Movement said the endorsement represents a major breakthrough in the ongoing battle against economic sabotage.

The statement read: “The endorsement represents a major breakthrough in the ongoing battle against economic sabotage.”

Achili urged stakeholders to prioritise national interest, sustain collaboration, and resist distractions capable of undermining progress in securing the nation’s oil assets