Agency reopens Kano depot after 3 years

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May 18, 2017 2:18 PM

The depot was reopened on Tuesday, May 16, after being closed for three and a half years due to the activities of pipeline vandals.

Group Managing Director (GMD) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Maikanti Baru

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“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,” Group Managing Director, Maikanti Baru said at the event, according to a statement by the NNPC.

Baru also said the re-commissioning was aimed at restoring petroleum products supply and distribution for the benefit of Nigerians, and in line with the presidential mandate of revamping national oil assets.

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He added that NNPC had spent about N1.6billion from January to December, 2016, to secure and maintain the vandalized points of the Kaduna-Kano pipeline.

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