Queue at the filing station The President, Petroleum Products Retailers Owners of Nigeria( PETROAN), Dr Billy Gills Harry, says the reduction of the product, by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited( NNPCL) is good for the nation'struggling economy, as it would help in soften the difficult situations posed by the sharp rise in the price of petroleum products. While reacting to the issue through a statement issued and signed to the NEWSMIRROR yesterday, Harry said that the slight reversal of the price by NNPCL shows that the government is committed to the alleviation of the problems of the masses. According to him, the reduction in the price per litre of Petrol Motoring Spirit( PMS) from N1,020 per litre to N899 per litre is good, adding that the country will soon get over its problem, if the readjustment of the economy continues. Also, PETROAN's Public Relation Officer, Dr Joseph Obele said that Dangote Petroleum Refinery had earlier started the r...
By Favour Ajibade
Shell Petroleum Development of Nigeria Limited (SPDC) is waiting for the Joint Investigative Team( JIT) to unravel the actual cause of the spill from its Diebu Creek flow station in the Southern Ijaw Local Government Area, its spokesman, Michael Adande has said. The spill occurred on the Shell assets on August 24, this year.
He said this, in a statement made available to the media recently, that the outcome of the JIT would enable Shell to know the real cause of the spill, volume of crude oil spilled and the impacts on the environment.
The International Oil Company set up the team, in order to investigate all environmental degradations, brought about by oil spills in the Niger Delta region and to further convince the
inhabitants, mostly farmers and fishermen respectively they were not neglected in any way.
Through the spill, Akande said, a large volume of crude oil was discharged into the ecosystem of
Peremabiri community, a development,which made the inhabitants to lament that the issue has destroyed flora and fauna in the area.
This aside the fact that they are accusing Shell of not responding timely to the issue, which according to them is having a wider impact on their area.
Commenting on the issue, the Chairman, Peremabiri Community Development Committee (CDC), Mr Return Koma, said that officials of the SPDC had convened a Joint Investigative Visit (JIV) to the flow station and impacted site.
“They (SPDC) called to say that they are coming for a JIV on Tuesday and shortly they shifted it to today being Monday, so we are waiting,” Koma added.
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