How Nigerian President Intend To Secure Niger Delta Oil Facilities
President Muhammadu Buhari Earlier yesterday President Muhammadu Buhari assured oil companies operating in the Niger Delta, the southern part of Nigeria that the Federal Government will take all necessary actions to protect strategic assets in the region from criminals. In a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, the President spoke while receiving the Global Director (Upstream) of the R oyal Dutch Shell Group , Mr. Andrew Brown, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Where he told his guest that he has directed the Chief of Naval Staff to reorganise and strengthen the military Joint Task Force in the Niger Delta due to known cases of vandalism in the region with militants targeting oil and gas facilities. He further explained that it was important for his government to take the issue seriously as it threatens the national economy of the country. “ We have to be very serious with the situation in the Niger Delta because it threat...