A destroyed refinery By Favour Ifeoluwa & Akinola Ajibade The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited( NNPCL) says it has destroyed 134 illegal refineries in the last few weeks. Also, the company said 63 illegal pipeline connections were uncovered during the the weeks . The corporation, In a visual report, stated that at about 2 am on Sunday, a joint team of security agents discovered a large wooden boat illicitly loading stolen crude oil from Barge AGS01 within the OML 18 operating area, noted intelligence report a large wooden wooden boat was caught receiving crude oil from the barge. According to the state-owned oil firm, while the barge was towed away with a tugboat in custody, five speedboats used in towing the large wooden boat to the illegal loading site were also detained and the particulars of the tugboats and barge used for the operation were reportedly seized for further investigation. It further said that two large boats, which involve
By Favour Ifeoluwa & Akinola Ajibade
Nigerians, Zimbabwean and Indians are going to be greatly affected by the temporary visa closure being considered by the United Kingdom soon, if the actions of the UK authorities are anything to go by.
This is coming on the heels of plans, by UK government to consider temporary closure of visa scheme for care workers in the country.
Recently, UK recorded the highest numbers of migrants in the last nine months, a development, which the country is not comfortable with and in the process, consider ending temporary visa schemes for care workers as part of an effort to reduce net migration.
Supported by former Home Secretary, Suella Braverman, and former UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, the government shows its grievances to the number of migrants coming into the UK on a daily basis.
According to the Home Office, the UK’s migration department, on Thursday,a total of 143,990 health and care worker visas were granted in the year ending September 2023, a figure, which is more than double the 61,274 recorded for September 2022.
The Home Office further said that Indians, Nigerians and Zimbabweans are affected by this development.
Records show that Nigeria has the most significant percentage increase behind Zimbabwe at 169 per cent and India, with 76 per cent.
In terms of dependents granted health and care work visas, Nigeria spiked by 329 per cent from 10,533 to 45,203.
The increase in the number of healthcare workers migrating to the UK is attributed to its cheap and easy entry migration conditions as the country faces a shortage of healthcare workers due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The latest statistics indicate that 1.279 million more people have come to the UK than have exited in the last two years.
This, it was noted, has put a lot of pressure on accommodation and amenities in the past month, raising concerns among Britons.
In a recent interview, the UK Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, said net migration levels are indeed “too high” after one of his senior ministers said it was “unacceptable” that there were a record number of arrivals last year.
Net migration into the UK peaked at 745,000 in 2022, which is a record high according to revised estimates published by the Office for National Statistics on Thursday.
The data places migration levels at three times higher than before Brexit, despite a Conservative Party 2019 manifesto pledge to bring overall numbers down.
The National Health Service Trusts, on Friday, also lamented how difficult it is sustainable to prop up social care with workers on visas.
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