Delta: Communities threaten to distrupt gas pipeline operations

THE Niger Delta Indigenous Movement for Radical Change (NDIMRC) has threatened to protest against the smooth operations of the newly completed Escravos-Warri-Lagos Gas Pipeline over alleged failure of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to meet the demands of the Gbaramatu and Ugborode communities.The group, in a press statement, signed by its President, Nelly Emma; Secretary, John Sailor and Public Relations Officer, Mukoro Stanley, also vowed to stage protest to NNPC facilities in the region, the Escravos Tank Farm, the Abiteye Flow Station as well as disrupt both onshore/offshore operations.It is recalled that the Escravos-Warri-Lagos Gas Pipeline suffered a major setback last year as a result of protest by Gbaramatu and Ugborode women, demanding for a better deal from both the NNPC and Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL).NDIMRC also recalled that after a long delay, the management of NNPC and Chevron agreed to meet the demands of the Gbaramatu and Ugborode people before the firm handling the Escravos-Warri-Lagos Gas Pipeline project was allowed to return to site.But the group claimed that now that the first phase of the Escravos-Warri-Lagos Gas Pipeline project had been completed, NNPC was yet to fulfill its own part of the bargain to the people and vowed to disrupt the smooth operations of the project expected to boost power supply nationwide.
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