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The Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Dauda Ali Biu, has lauded the patrol teams of the Osun State command for returning N27.1 million recovered from an accident scene.

This commendation was contained in a statement signed by the Corps Public Education Officer (CPEO) Assistant Corps Marshal (ACM) Bisi Kazeem on Sunday in Abuja.

According to the statement, Biu expressed satisfaction over the good conduct, honesty and sense of patriotism displayed by the personnel, NAN said.

The Corps Marshal said the team did not only exhibit professionalism in doing their job but also ensured that integrity of the Corps was guarded and promoted at the highest level.

The FRSC helmsman explained that the recovered amount was returned in the presence of the DPO Ipetu-Ijesa, Seriki Owena, Ilesa of Benin and the head of the Hausa community.

He commended the patrol team and the entire personnel in the Osun Command, assuring them of continued welfare to the staff across the county.

“I want to commend the entire team for being patriotic, honest, efficient and professional in delivering the mandate of the FRSC. This act they showed would never be forgotten as it is considered a great service to humanity.

“I charge every officer to emulate this character exhibited by the team, as good deeds pay off, the road is patient but does not forgive, ” he said.

The FRSC boss who bemoaned the accident said it would have been avoided if the motorists had adhered strictly to traffic rules and regulations.

The Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC), Mallam Mele Kyari, yesterday told International Oil Companies (IOCs) that Nigeria would continue to explore its hydrocarbon resources, even if the multinationals take a walk.

In recent years, Europe and America which generate most of the world’s dangerous carbon emissions, have continued to pile pressure on Nigeria and other oil-producing countries, to jettison their resources in pursuit of cleaner fuels.

However, speaking on the occasion of the Society of Petroleum Engineers’ (SPE) 2023 edition of the Annual Oloibiri Lecture Series and Energy Forum (OLEF) in Abujathemed: “Effective Gas Resources Utilisation: A Lever for Enhancing Energy Security and Achieving Net-zero Emission Goals in Nigeria,”

Kyari explained that the world is not leaving fossil fuels soon, despite the pretence.Kyari argued that within the period between now and 2035, it’s not possible to change all the vehicles and tricycles in Nigeria to electric vehicles, that crude oil well continue to be relevant.

Kyari stated that the NNPC has made massive investment to make sure its focus on gas exploration works insisting that: “But no one is going to help, so for us, we need to resort to self-help.”He added: “We need the cash flow and the cash flow is what we need to make sure tomorrow we become self-reliant. Therefore, we are leveraging the position of the oil industry,” he added.

He noted that before now, everybody was looking for oil , but noted that now Nigeria needs to start looking for gas, with some associated oil instead of the other way round.According to him, building Nigeria’s gas resourcss will mean building the country, stating the NNPC was going beyond power point presentations to the reality of actual work.

“We are a huge company. We have a $60 billion asset so we can …so we can run without help , but we need help…no one will stop us…if you want to do so, we will kick you out…we are the largest economy in Africa and many of these countries rely substantially on our prosperity.“To do this we are building infrastructure…we are engaging and we are having the line of sight to excellent engineering, financing and we will build a line all the way from Brass to Morocco and Europe,” he added.

He explained that the NNPC and government spent humongous sums to reduce oil theft in conjunction with the locals and the security agencies.“We are almost running solo, some of our partners will say get out…we have talked all the talk. If they walk away we will stay, of course we are working assiduously,” he noted.

The GCEO explained that Nigeria as a resource rich country with opportunities to sustainability create prosperity, has maintained a strong posture of balanced energy transition that recognises the role of hydrocarbon for years longer than anticipated by other jurisdictions.

With NNPC Limited as a fully commercial enterprise, Nigeria, he said, was well positioned to lead the African continent in a just and gradual energy transition.“Nigeria, like other African counties is endowed with an increasing young population, which needs a stronger economy to continue to generate beneficial employment to lift citizens from poverty to prosperity.

“This will no doubt continue to push our nation’s energy demand faster than what renewable energy technologies are likely to offer in the near future.“We are therefore leveraging the provisions of the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) to attract more investment in the Nigerian petroleum sector, to continue to guarantee access to energy while aligning with global energy transition,” he explained.

He restated the commitment of NNPC and its partners to the timely delivery of major gas pipeline infrastructure projects including the Abuja-Kaduna-Kano gas pipeline (AKK) and the $25 billion Nigeria-Morocco gas pipeline, amongst others.

Kyari stated that Nigeria’s domestic gas infrastructure network has an existing capacity to transport about 6.9 Billion Standard Cubic Feet (BCF) of gas to support power generation and gas-based industries.

that there are efforts towards the creation of an international market for fossil energy that minimise gas flaring, methane, and CO2 emissions across the value chain to the fullest extent practicable.

According to him, Nigeria became the first African country to regulate methane emissions from its oil and gas sector in 2022, highlighting the Global Methane Pledge (GMP) goal of cutting anthropogenic methane emissions by 30 per cent by 2030.

Others who spoke at the event included the Chairman of SPE, Mr. Felix Obike, representatives of the chief executives of the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC), Mr. Gbenga Komolafe and that of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA), Farouk Ahmed, among others.

Few minutes ago, the national headquarters of the Labour Party in Abuja witnessed massive attack and was broken into by a detachment of the Nigerian Police and thugs believed to be working for the All Progressives Congress, APC.

The Invaders who are armed reportedly pulled down the fences, burglaries, doors and window to have access to our Secretariat and in the process sacked workers and party members who were at the Secretariat.

Though, I was out of town but information has it that the agenda of the Invaders was to inaugurate an illegitimate executive which has been chosen for them by their sponsors.

This incident is coming days after a similar invasion in our Imo state Secretariat which up till now is still being occupied by the agents of the Imo state government.

Only yesterday, our Presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi through the Presidential Campaign Council alerted Nigerians of plot to hound him out of the country over APC’s covert plot in collaboration with some security agents to frame him up allegedly on matters bothering on treason.

Labour Party is only a political party which is contesting for power. The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC having conducted election ranked us third, a position we have rejected and have approached the Tribunal to contest. That is our only offence.

We therefore call on President Muhammadu Buhari to call his party, the APC to order and also rein then in from using unorthodox means to suffocate political structures in Nigeria.

A court of competent jurisdiction only yesterday ordered that I, Julius Abure remains the National Chairman, and should not be restrained from performing my duties, it therefore baffles me why the Nigerian Police should allow itself to be used to perpetrate illegalities.

We advise the Police, APC and their sponsors to play by the rules. We will no longer tolerate the often intimidation and deployment of brute forces against the party and their personnel. We demand they put a stop to abuse of power and respect the rights and privileges of other political parties, particularly, the Labour Party to contest for power.

source: 247ureports.com