By Munachimso Obienyi
The Federal Government, yesterday, said it had clamped and stopped oil spillage from the 180,000 barrel per day Trans Niger Pipeline, while adding that environmental remediation would commence in the affected communities.
It said the oil spill into the Bodo community in Rivers State, where the TNP was ruptured, had been successfully contained.
The government disclosed this through its National Petroleum Investment Management Services, a subsidiary of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited.
In a series of tweets via his official Twitter handle on Sunday, the Group General Manager, NAPIMS, Bala Wunti, described the stoppage of oil spill from the pipeline as a milestone for NNPC.
He said, “Today, we achieved another great milestone on my second trip (within a week) to Bodo community. The faulty section of the Trans Niger Pipeline was clamped, and the spillage was successfully stopped.
With the completion of repairs, environmental remediation will commence in earnest. We will all go to bed feeling better tonight, knowing that the oil spill into the Bodo community has successfully been contained and that NNPC Limited trust rebuilding efforts with our beloved host community has fully taken shape and is paying off.”
