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Nigeria loses $3bn To Crude Oil Theft In Three Months.

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Olushola Bello

Nigeria has lost  $3 billion to crude oil thieves in the first quarter of this year, the amount would likely be much more by now.

The executive secretary of the Nigerian Upstream Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) , Gbenga  Komolafe disclosed  this morning while answering questions on Arise Television about the situation with crude oil theft in the country.

Also Read: The Horrific State Of Nigeria’s Oil Theft

According to an average of $1 billion was lost every month from January to March.

He said the issue of crude oil theft has assumed a very horrific and tragic level in the sense in that Nigeria is an oil economy to extent that whatever affects  the oil sector affects  the health of the nation

Olushola Bello

Olushola Bello is the Publisher of Business Standards. He was Energy Editor at BusinessDay for over a decade.

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