Nigeria’s 36 State Governors have resolved to tackle the spate of Oil bunkering in the Niger Delta Region in the interest of the country.
The resolution followed a briefing by the Group Managing Director of the Nigeria National Petroleum Company Ltd, Mele Kyari at a Teleconference Meeting of the Governors.
Kyari at the meeting highlighted the spate of crude oil theft and its negative effect on Nigeria’s economy.
The State Governors commended the role played by Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State in tackling Oil bunkering in the Niger Delta Region and urged the NNPC and the security agencies in the country to protect the country’s oil infrastructure and investment as well as ecosystem.
Also following the gains attained in the implementation of the state’s Fiscal Transparency, Accountability and Sustainability (SFTAS) programme, state governments resolved to intensify the deployment of e-procurement and contract award publication using the Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS) forum.
Thirty-two states are already implementing e-procurement systems in at least four Ministries including Ministries of Health, Education and Public Works.
The Forum also agreed to interface with the Federal Ministry of Health to ensure oxygen sufficiency for all primary health care centres.
The move followed Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire’s revelation of the Federal Government’s plan to develop 100% oxygen generation plants and rehabilitate General Hospitals in order to guarantee access to oxygen in all Primary Healthcare Centres.
(Editor : Ena Agbanoma)
