Disturbed by incessant crude oil thefts in Nigeria, the Senate has mandated its committees on Petroleum Resources - Upstream, Mainstream, Downstream, Gas, Host Communities, and Niger Delta - to investigate the actions of security agencies, militia organizations, the local population, oil company employees and others who use various sophisticated methods to steal oil from the
country. The resolution was sequel to a motion titled, 'Urgent need to investigate the incessant and nefarious acts of crude oil thefts in the Niger Delta and the actors', sponsored by Senator Ned Nwoko and co-sponsored by Senators Ede Dafinone Omueya and Joel Onowakpa Thomas , during Tuesday's plenary.
He further noted that despite the efforts of certain security agencies like the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, and the Department of State Services, DSS, in combating oil theft in the Niger Delta region, some 'individuals within these agencies collaborate with unscrupulous figures within the oil industry to undermine the nation's economy'.
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