CRUDE OIL THEFT IN NIGERIA
It’s no more a news that Nigeria
is the only oil producing country where oil is being stolen by sea pirates. The
oil theft in the country is estimated at about 9.6 billion naira [64 million
Dollars] yearly. What a great loss! It’s only in Nigeria that oil minister
denies knowledge of theft in her backyard even at the expense of suffering masses
who buy the same oil at a very exorbitant price.
This theft involves
the high profile individuals who have wherewithal to steal when the security
agencies look the other way round. Our confused president does not have the
political will to fight this corruption in the oil sector as he does not have
it in other sectors. It’s called a ‘corporate’ stealing because the thieves are
the high and mighty who can afford to buy the ships, bribe the oil experts and
handle other logistics. The marine police, the navy and the soldiers, who are supposed
to be responsible for the security, onshore and offshore, have been compromised.
Mr. President told Nigerians that Islamic Fundamentalists, BokoHaram
and their insurgency, were going to be stopped. He said he was ‘on top of it’ but
till today, the Islamist have become more dreaded in Northern part of the country
and no action has been taken by our dear president but fruitless steps for negotiation.
Two lawmakers were recently killed while attending a mass burial programme for over
hundred people killed the previous day! It’s in Nigeria
that a lawmaker and a popular businessman who were involved in bribery scandal will
still walk free on the street because our law separate the elites from the masses.
Our president is always ‘on top of it’ but no action
is taken. Curbing corruption needs transparency but not when ‘the top’ is corrupt.
This oil theft is truly a bad news and Nigerians really need a leader who would
be truly ‘on top of it’
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