Chairman of Tantita Security Services Nigeria Limited(TSSNL), High Chief Government Oweizide Ekpemupolo(aka Tompolo), has charged Nigerians to join hands to protect and move the country forward.
He spoke on Saturday at Oporoza, headquarters of the Gbaramatu Kingdom in Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State, when the leadership of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) led by its National President, Chief Chris Isiguzo conferred him with the Union’s Meritorious Award.
The award, according to Dr. Isiguzo was in recognition of Tompolo’s outstanding contributions to the security of oil and gas infrastructure by curtailing oil theft and pipeline vandalism in the Niger Delta. Chief Isiguzo, said the pen-pushers arrived at conferring the meritorious award on Tompolo at the last NUJ NEC meeting and National Security Conference in Abuja after a meticulous deliberation on his activities and successes in tackling economic sabotage head-on.
He said Tompolo has set the pace in securing Nigeria from the throes of economic insecurity in the Niger Delta region, urging the media, other security operatives and agencies as well as other Nigerians to rally round him.
“Somebody had risen to the occasion and gathered an array of young men who have taken it upon themselves to help this country continue to survive as a peaceful nation, united and continue to fend for its people.
“And that is the man that has, to a very large extent, substantially, helped us address the issue of crude oil theft. That is one thing that has occupied our national life over time. But by his commitment, dedication and diligence, Nigeria, as a country, had, to a very large extent, reduced the activities of men of the underworld who have consistently engaged in pilfering, taking our common patrimony for their gains.
“NUJ, having assessed the activities of TSSNL, we decided that we must accord the necessary recognition to the man who carries the flag, birthed this organization, who has exceptionally distinguished himself, and who has been celebrated by Nigerians across all walks of life,” Chief Isiguzo submitted.
Going further, he said: “We have come to confer on him, the Internal Security Meritorious Award of the Nigeria Union of Journalists. In the course of the national security conference, only one award had been approved and it is being conferred on Dr. Government Ekpemupolo.”
In his acceptance speech, Tompolo averred: “I don’t have any other place, except Nigeria. Nigeria is the only country I have, so we must all join hands to protect and move Nigeria forward. Our economy is in dire need of survival so we cannot fold our hands and allow some persons to sabotage the nation’s economy because of greed.”
