By Raphael Ekpang
Ahead of commencement of Senate Ad-hoc fact finding committee on oil theft and pipeline vandalism, Senator Darlington Nwokocha (Abia Central, LP) is talking tough, saying that Nigeria’s economy is on a downward trend as a result of the menace.
He made this known on Wednesday when the committee received presentation from some security agencies in Abuja.
He said crude oil and gas is the live wire of the country.
He noted that the committee is backed by the National Assembly, saying the committee is serious to get to the root of the disturbing cause of oil theft and pipeline vandalism and provide panacea.
“We have all your submissions, Nigeria is bigger than all of us, the legislature has the highest mandate to investigate anybody.
“What we are doing today is to collect your data.
“What we are saying is when we invite you, we will like to see all those who can talk to the committee”.
The lawmaker further said the work of the Ad-hoc committee is an open-ended interaction, stressing “our investigation will touch all the fabrics”.
Nwokocha explained that the target is to boost crude oil production in Nigeria.
