A Pan Igbo Development Youths group, Ndigbo Progressive Youth Coalition (NPYC), has commended the Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Mr Mele Kolo Kyari for ensuring the company increases the country’s crude oil production output.
The group equally commended the Management of Pipeline Infrastructure Nigeria Limited (PINL), for their efforts in securing the pipeline infrastructure of Nigeria which it said was instrumental to the increase in crude oil production in recent times.
These were contained in a statement signed by the President of NPYC, Ikechukwu Ude and Secretary, Chris Donatus and made available to newsmen in Umuahia, Abia State.
The group said the intensified efforts of the NNPCL as well as security companies overseeing the pipeline surveillance in the Niger Delta region, particularly, PINL were fast paying off, considering the quantum leap from a miserly 940,000 bpd in 2022, to 1.486 bpd in November 2024.
“We are elated by the news of 1.486 million Barrels Per Day (MBPD) in the month of November as announced by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) monthly report for the last quarter of 2024.”
“Ndigbo Progressive Youth Coalition anticipates a better economy for Nigeria which translates to easier living conditions for Nigerians. All these are possible because the NNPCL GCEO, Mr Mele Kyari took the bull by the horn.
“Also important in galvanizing the upward trend of crude oil production in Nigeria, is the Pipeline Infrastructure Nigeria Limited (PINL), led by the Executive Director, Mr Osahon Hosa- Okubor, who has meticulously ensured strict monitoring and security of pipelines in the Niger Delta, thereby cutting down on oil theft and vandalism of oil facilities.”
The group pledged continuous support for the PINL in the region and called on all to join hands in ensuring the security of oil facilities in the country.
