By Michael Uzoma Michael

The Federal Government is formulating key strategies to tackle incessant attacks on pipelines by militants in
the Niger Delta, President Muhammadu
Buhari has said.

Speaking through Minister of Defence, Mansur Dan-Ali, yesterday at the Nigerian Navy Diamond
Jubilee Anniversary 2016 International Maritime Conference in
Lagos, he said the plans
would bring a lasting solution to the crisis in
the region.

He said by the time the plan was fully developed, the bombing
of pipelines and gas installations in the Niger
Delta would be a thing
of the past.

“We are currently meeting to discuss the
recent bombing of pipelines and destruction of oil and
gas facilities in the region. Very soon we
will come up with strategic plans on how
to deal with the issue,”
Buhari said.

In his remarks, the Chief of Naval Staff,
Vice Admiral Ibok Ibas,
said that the conference would
discuss collaborating
commitment to find
solution to maritime
challenges in the country and in Africa,
particularly at the Gulf
of Guinea.

Ibas said the maritime crimes and threats at the Gulf of Guinea called
for serious concern as it
affected economic lifeline of member states.

In his address, Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode of
Lagos State, represented by the
Deputy Governor, Dr
Idiat Adebule, said the
challenge of sea pirates
had accounted for about 30 percent of attacks in African regional waters between 2003 and
2011.

SOURCE: https://uzopedia./2016/05/25/fg-strategises-against-attacks-on-pipelines/