Tantita links oil production gains to pipeline security, 60,000 jobs

Tantita Security Services Nigeria Limited has linked the recent improvement in Nigeria’s crude oil production and economic activities in the Niger Delta to sustained pipeline surveillance and community-based security measures, including the employment of over 60,000 youths. Paul Bebenimibo, the company’s Media Consultant and Special Adviser to its Chairman, Government Ekpemupolo(Tompolo), said the approach had helped to tackle oil theft, pipeline vandalism and other illegal activities threatening the oil industry. Bebenimibo spoke on the sidelines of an award presented to Tantita by Blueprint Newspapers in recognition of its contributions to pipeline security and national development. He said the company’s intervention in pipeline surveillance since 2022 had produced tangible results, adding that improved security was also allowing legitimate economic activities to return to oil-producing communities. ComparingHome Security Systems “Over the years, awards have been coming in, and that shows that Tantita is really doing the job very well,” Bebenimibo said. He said Tantita remained committed to supporting efforts to raise Nigeria’s crude oil production to 2.5 million barrels per day, stressing that the protection of oil infrastructure was critical to achieving the target. He disclosed that the company had deployed drones to monitor the creeks and identify illegal activities. Bebenimibo added: “We have acquired drones that are now picking up every illegal activity that is going on in the creek. “Tantita is not just employing the youths. It is also giving them skills and promoting their businesses in the area by giving grants to youths, women and men,” he said. According to him, the company’s combination of employment, skills acquisition and community support had contributed to reducing criminal activities in parts of the Niger Delta.