The Pipelines and Products Marketing Company (PPMC), has directed owners of structures obstructing its “Right of Way” across the country to remove them.
Public Affairs Manager of the company, Mr Nasir Imodagbe, announced the order in an interview with newsmen in Abuja last week.
Imodagbe said that Federal Government was determined to rid PPMC’s right of way of all structures obstructing it.
The Pipelines and Products Marketing Company (PPMC), has directed owners of structures obstructing its “Right of Way” across the country to remove them.
Public Affairs Manager of the company, Mr Nasir Imodagbe, announced the order in an interview with newsmen in Abuja last week.
Imodagbe said that Federal Government was determined to rid PPMC’s right of way of all structures obstructing it.
He said that the company had begun the demolition of such structures across the country, adding that it had already demolished affected structures in Lagos area, and in some areas in the northern part of the country.
He therefore warned those who encroached on the right-of-way to vacate such locations and not wait for the demolition team to arrive.
The PPMC spokesman, who said that the exercise would not stop until the entire right-of-way was secured, explained that the exercise was to stem the activities of vandals on the pipelines.
“Government took the decision to keep those areas safe for law-abiding citizens and to safeguard installations and infrastructure built with tax payers’ money.
“Government decided to take this decisive action to clear all illegal structures establish in the company’s ‘right-of-way’. Our mandate is to clear obstructions to secure the company's right-of-way,” he said.
Imodagbe decried the high level of encroachment on the right-of-way and stated that there would be no compensation for owners of structures that would be demolished in the exercise.
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