By Akpokona Omafuaire
The Host Communities of Nigeria (HOSCON) Producing Oil & Gas has raised alarm about alleged ongoing sabotage agenda against Tantita Security Services Nigeria Limited by people working against the organization.
HOSCON alarm was contained in a letter to President Bola Tinubu by leadership of HOSCON which copy was obtained by Vanguard.
The letter signed by HRM King Monday Whiskey, Ovie of Idjerhe Kingdom and Chairman, HOSCON urged the President to act immediately to forestall crisis.
It read in part, “We the leadership of the Host Communities of Nigeria (HOSCON) Producing Oil & Gas write to specifically draw your attention to a well planned and orchestrated plot by some influential cabals at the Nigeria National Petroluem Company Ltd to deliberately cause disorder in the Niger Delta.
“Our intelligence from highly placed sources both in Abuja and across the Niger Delta is that since the Oil cabals/bunkerers can no longer have their way in stealing Crude oil in the region they have perfected a new approach by deliberately starving the authorities of the hardworking Tantita Security Nigeria Limited of regular funding and thus creating unnecessary salaries delay and other operational activities been carried out in the day to day activities of the Oil pipeline Security giant.
“As a result, staff and subcontractors of the organization have not been paid for almost four months running, thereby causing grumbling and threats to down tools by workers.
“We strongly condemned this new plots and believed that it cannot be true because the sacrifices/risk that the authorities of Tantita Security Services Ltd has taken to get to where they are will be made useless by some selfish cabals who do not mean for our Country.
“We trust that as a father of the Nation, this findings by the leadership of the Oil & Gas production Communities in the Country will be given very serious attention, as delaying actions could be an invitation to avoidable crisis.
“The people of the Niger Delta deeply appreciate the professionalism and competence of the Tantita Security Services Nigeria Limited as our environment and Ecosystems were in sorry state before the coming on board of Tantita Security Services Ltd as any plan to return our people to that era will be strongly resisted.
“No interest of individuals or groups can be more important than that of the entire Country.
“Now that we are fully aware of the antics of the NNPC authorities to deliberately delay payments of services already rendered by Tantita Security Services Ltd so that they can disorganize their operations.
“The leadership of The Host Communities of Nigeria (HOSCON) Producing Oil & Gas will keep exposing all the underhand working against the success of this all important project.
“What we expect from all patriotic Nigerian, NNPC management inclusive is support and undiluted encouragement, considering the daily hazards and threats being faced by Tantita Security workers.
“Finally, we strongly believed that in order for our Country to be great again, sensitive National Assignment like Tantita Security operations been given its rightful place in budget allocation, and not waiting for some self-centered individuals who think that they are doing favour to Tantita Security Services Ltd, when in the actual sense it is Tantita that is doing them favour. The federal government owes it a duty to urgently investigate this position.” It added.
(Vanguard)
