Oil theft: Nigerian govt strengthens collaboration with traditional rulers

Nigeria’s Minister for State, Petroleum Resources (Oil), Heineken Lokpobiri, says the government has strengthened collaboration with traditional rulers in Bayelsa State in a bid to address persistent challenges in the country’s oil sector.

Nneamaka Okafor, the special adviser on media and communication to the minister, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday.

“The Minister for State Petroleum Resources (Oil), Senator Heineken Lokpobiri PhD, has embarked on a series of insightful and collaborative courtesy visits to traditional rulers in Bayelsa State.