Monarch urges FG to decentralise pipeline surveillance contracts in Niger Delta

The Amanyanabo of Bakana, a key oil-producing community in Degema Local Government Area of Rivers State, His Royal Highness King Lawrence Odum-Barboy, has called on the Federal Government to decentralise and demonopolise pipeline surveillance contracts in the Niger Delta, arguing that the current arrangement undermines transparency, inclusivity and effective security of oil and gas assets.