Tinubu, NNPC urged to Jettison establishing five mini LNG plants in Kogi

President Bola Tinubu and the National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) have been urged to jettison the construction of five mini LNG plants in Kogi state. The National Chairman, Urhobo Oil and Gas Nationality, Dr. Obiuwevbi Ominimini, who made the call, on Friday, said running gas pipeline from Urhobo land to supply the five mini LNG plants in Kogi without Urhobo hosting any is oppressive.

He said: “This is oppressive to the Urhobo Nation. Urhobo ethnic nationality has the highest reserve of gas and crude oil in Nigeria but has nothing to show for it. Our children who graduate from the tertiary institutions yearly are roaming the streets of Delta State with many ridding okada while the children of the top class from other parts of the country are being engaged into the oil and gas parastatals owned by Nigeria government. This is unacceptable.

“We can’t farm or fish any longer as our environment has been destroyed by oil exploitation activities. Urhobo land is even more devastated than the Ogoni land, yet there is no environmental remediation or clean-up.”

“The gas flare penalty paid by the International Oil Companies (IOCs) to the Federal Government has no single benefit to the Urhobo people, yet the gas flare is a major source of diseases to the people. This is another evil against the Urhobo Nation.

“President Tinubu, NUPRC and NNPCL chief executives are hereby called upon to consider Urhobo Nation to host some or one of the mini LNG plants. One of the factors to consider in establishing industry is proximity to the source of raw material. Also, Urhobo has access to the sea with sea ports at Sapele and Warri, which is another source of transportation of the LNG for export purposes.”

He vowed that the Urhobo Nation would do anything within its power to fight back legally and spiritually if they are excluded from the establishment of the new mini LNG plants.

He said the people have been taken for granted for too long in Nigeria, as Urhobo oil and gas are being siphoned and proceeds used for entire Nigeria, while those who have solid minerals, like gold, lithium, tin, columbite, iron ore, among others, are harnessing them for themselves.