NNPC Reopens Kaduna-Kano Pipeline
Maikanti Kacalla Baru, NNPC GMD[/caption]
In line with efforts to boost petroleum products supply, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has re-commissioned its Kaduna-Kano pipeline.
The corporation’s System 2D Pipeline Network which was knocked down over three years ago due to act of pipeline vandalism was reopened on Wednesday.
According to Dr. Maikanti Kacalla Baru, the group managing director of NNPC, the re-commissioning was aimed at restoring petroleum products supply in the Northern part of the country.
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Baru said “Today’s re-commissioning is also strategic as it is one of the several strides embarked upon by NNPC under its 12 Business Focus Areas (12BUFA) Programme aimed at repositioning the Corporation towards sustained profitability”.
The GMD also revealed that about N1.6billion has been spent from January to December 2016 to secure and maintain the vandalized points of the Kaduna-Kano pipeline.
The NNPC boss also said that the corporation in the last few months has also re-commissioned the Port Harcourt-Aba as well as Atlas Cove-Mosimi pipelines.
He also revealed that the corporation will not relent until all pipeline networks in the country are back on stream.
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“Efforts are underway to re-commission other national assets such as the Jos, Gombe, Suleja and Gusau depots. Also, the remaining parts of Mosimi-Ibadan-Ilorin as well as Aba-Enugu pipelines will soon test our collective resolve to get the nation’s critical oil and gas infrastructure back on stream”, he noted.
Finally, the GMD called on the State Governor, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, to support the Corporation in safeguarding the nation’s oil and gas facilities in order to ensure steady products loading from depots and sustain economic activities across various states of the federation.
