Stakeholders from the six states of the Niger Delta region have welcomed the position of the Bayelsa State governor, Senator Douye Diri on the need to review and decentralise the crude oil and gas pipeline surveillance contracts awarded by the federal government across states in the Niger Delta.
According to the stakeholders, made up of traditional rulers, community leaders, women and youth leaders under the aegis of the Movement for Sustainable Development of the Niger Delta, MSDND, said the position of Gov. Diri and other state governors from the region on the need for review and decentralization of the surveillance contract is to avoid ineptitude and increase collective protection of the nation’s assets and resources.
