 The governor has criticized the federal government for awarding the contract for the protection of crude oil pipelines to one man. Fubara spoke when a federal government delegation owned the security of oil and gas assets led by the national security advisor Nuhu Ribadou visited him at the government house in Potakot, the state capital. In August 2022, the group chief executive officer of the NNPCL Mille Chiari had justified the government's decision to award a multi-billion naira pipeline surveillance contract to Town City Tower Security Services led by former militant leader Tom Polo, the governor who decried the neglect of the state by the federal government called on the delegation to ensure that the outcome of the attacks will be beneficial to both the federal and state governments. With bringing all these communities their heads or whatever you want to call them or those people you're dealing with in this other end but look for the uncorporated people that can really talk to them, people that can influence the, you already know how to mention it. Once we're able to catch them and make them part of the process, there are no two ways about it. It won't just go down. As you see us here, this is the entire federal network. Strategic individuals and officers are here, assembled, ministers, NNPC, the presidency, the military. We are all here. This is a clear demonstration of a commitment and I believe that indeed time has come for us to more or less say like what the minister of government enough is enough open a new chapter to believe that it is time to do the right thing.