{"id":431118,"date":"2011-05-27T01:39:39","date_gmt":"2011-05-27T01:39:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/05\/27\/pipeline-vandalism-12000-youths-clinch-surveillance-jobs\/"},"modified":"2011-05-27T01:39:39","modified_gmt":"2011-05-27T01:39:39","slug":"pipeline-vandalism-12000-youths-clinch-surveillance-jobs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/27\/pipeline-vandalism-12000-youths-clinch-surveillance-jobs\/","title":{"rendered":"Pipeline vandalism: 12,000 youths clinch surveillance jobs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"69\">\n<p><strong>By Clara Nwachukwu<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In a bid to combat the rising rate of pipeline vandalism in the country, the Federal Government has employed the services of about 12,000 youths from various communities in the Niger Delta, that cut across the pipelines right of way.<\/p>\n<p>The Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, said the move was in line with the Federal Government\u2019s resolve to protect the over 5,000 kilometres of vital crude and petroleum products pipelines across the country as well as other key oil facilities, to consolidate and guarantee the effective sustenance of the laudable achievements in the oil and gas sector within the last 12 months.<\/p>\n<p>The Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Dr. Levi Ajuonuma, in a statement, yesterday,\u00a0 quoted the Minister as saying that the employment of the youths will help ensure adequate protection and security of the nation\u2019s strategic oil and gas assets.<\/p>\n<p>The Minister further explained that the pipeline surveillance scheme was initiated by the Petroleum Ministry under her watch, as an integral part of the on-going Federal Government\u2019s amnesty and re-habilitation programme for Niger Delta youths.<\/p>\n<p>Part of the complaints against the Amnesty Programme had been the redundancy of the youths,\u00a0 after undergoing training programmes, a development government promised to find solution to as soon as possible.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Comments are moderated. Please keep them clean and brief.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>More here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vanguardngr.com\/2011\/05\/pipeline-vandalism-12000-youths-clinch-surveillance-jobs\/\" title=\"Pipeline vandalism: 12,000 youths clinch surveillance jobs\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pipeline vandalism: 12,000 youths clinch surveillance jobs<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Clara Nwachukwu In a bid to combat the rising rate of pipeline vandalism in the country, the Federal Government has employed the services of about 12,000 youths from various communities in the Niger Delta, that cut across the pipelines right of way. The Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, said the move was in line with the Federal Government\u2019s resolve to protect the over 5,000 kilometres of vital crude and petroleum products pipelines across the country as well as other key oil facilities, to consolidate and guarantee the effective sustenance of the laudable achievements in the oil and gas sector within the last 12 months. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-431118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Pipeline vandalism: 12,000 youths clinch surveillance jobs - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/27\/pipeline-vandalism-12000-youths-clinch-surveillance-jobs\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Pipeline vandalism: 12,000 youths clinch surveillance jobs - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By Clara Nwachukwu In a bid to combat the rising rate of pipeline vandalism in the country, the Federal Government has employed the services of about 12,000 youths from various communities in the Niger Delta, that cut across the pipelines right of way. 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