The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation on Tuesday announced a 37.21 per cent decrease in cases of pipeline vandalism across the country in the month of January 2021.
It announced this in a statement issued in Abuja by its spokesperson, Kennie Obateru.
It said a total of 27 pipeline points were vandalised in January 2021, down from the 43 points recorded in December 2020.
“The Mosimi area accounted for 74 per cent of the vandalised points, while Kaduna and Port Harcourt accounted for the remaining 22 per cent and four per cent respectively,” the oil firm said.
NNPC said it was continuously working in collaboration with the local communities and other stakeholders to reduce and eventually eliminate the pipeline vandalism menace.
To guarantee energy security, the corporation said it supplied a total of 1.44 billion litres of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol in January 2021.
This, it said, translated to 46.3 million litres of petrol supplied daily across the country in the period under review.