NIMASA Pays Tompolo N1.5bn ($7.5 million) Monthly

Huge sums paid to ex-MEND commander.

NIMASA Pays Tompolo N1.5bn ($7.5 million) Monthly – Ex-chairman

By Edegbe Odemwingie, By Midat Joseph, osaro okhomina

The pioneer chairman of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr Ahmed Tijani Ramalan, has disclosed that the agency pays the sum of N1.5bn monthly to the ex-militant leader of the Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta (MEND), Mr. Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo, to protect the nation’s maritime areas.

Dr Ramalan, however, lamented that despite such gesture, the country still loses over 400,000 barrels of crude oil daily from the nation’s shores.

The former NIMASA chairman, who revealed this to LEADERSHIP in an interview in Kaduna, called on President Muhammadu Buhari to cancel the contract given to the ex-militant by the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan.

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Source: leadership.ng