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He further argues that Vivo Energy Ghana for lives and property “in favour of selfish finan-
owes a duty of care to the public to ensure that cial gain and unjust enrichment.”
fuel products sold at its filling stations meet the Vivo Energy has apologised for the contami-
required standards, adding that this duty of care nation, which led to a number of customers’ cars
was breached “for selfish and unholy financial having engine problems, explaining that water
gain,” Citi News reports. got into the underground super tank of the sta-
In his lawsuit, Barwuah said that the fuel sta- tion after heavy rain in the area.
tion continued selling contaminated products to Meanwhile, the National Petroleum Author-
unsuspecting customers despite being directly ity (NPA) has already shut down the Shell filling
informed of the contamination of its product, station where the incident happened so that
adding that this amounted to reckless disregard investigations to commence. ™

Nigerian House, Senate leaders issue

urgent calls for action against oil theft

NIGERIA THE leaders of both houses of Nigeria’s Par- “The economy of our country is still chal-
liament have made strong statements about lenged. The Senate, working with the House of
the need to curb oil pipeline theft and sabo- Representatives and the executive, needs to con-
tage, warning that the country may suffer dire tinually seek better responses to the economic
consequences if the problem is not properly situation,” he declared.” [The] generation and
addressed. collection of revenues have remained major
Ahmad Lawan, the president of the Senate, challenges. Also, the massive loss of revenue
said on September 21 that prompt action was through oil theft is debilitating and threatening
necessary to prevent lasting harm to Nigeria’s to throw the economy into a coma.”
economy. Lawan continued: “Revelations about the
During a speech welcoming legislators back scale of oil theft show that, until the government
to Abuja after a two-month recess, he stressed takes decisive actions, Nigeria could soon lose
that oil theft was warping Nigeria’s economy any revenue from that sector. We must therefore
and restricting the flow of revenue to the federal work to ensure that everything is done to curtail
budget. this theft.”

Nigerian officials visited the site of a spill from a damaged oil pipeline in March (Photo: Twitter/@HETimipre Sylva)

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