Abuja - The Federal Government has warned those who encroached on the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation's (NNPC) right-of-way to vacate such locations.
The Public Affairs Manager of Pipelines and Products Marketing Company (PPMC), Nasir Imodagbe, stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja.
Imodagbe said government was set to clear all structures obstructing the oil pipelines’ “Right of Way” across the country.
He said the mandate of PPMC was to clear obstructions to secure the company’s right-of-way.
He said that those encroaching on the stretch were illegal occupiers of government land because they had no approval from government before they built on the pipelines’ right-of-way.
He explained that oil pipelines passed through the way and that no structure was expected to be on it.
“Any structure on it is illegal, ” he said.
He said demolition had already been carried out on the stretch in Lagos and some areas in the northern part of the country.
He said those who encroached on the company’s right should therefore stay clear and not wait for the demolition team to arrive.
While stressing that government was poised to reclaim the entire oil pipelines right of-way, he stressed that the aim was to stem the activities of vandals on the pipelines.
He said the plan was also to keep those areas safe for law-abiding citizens and to safeguard installations and infrastructure built with tax payers’ money.
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