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Firm Reassures On Waterways Clearing
The African Circle Pollution Management Limited, has reaffirmed its focus on the clean up of the waterways in the maritime environment, so as to clear the sludge and debries in the channels.
Speaking to aviation correspondents shortly after seeing off the former Head of State, Abdulsalami Abubakar, at the Port Harcourt International Airport, Omagwa, one of the directors of the company and former Minister of Transportation, Admiral Festus Porbeni said the former Head of State was in Port Harcourt to ascertain the progress of the company.
He explained that the company, which the former Head of State is a co-owner is focused purely on the clean-up of Rivers ports channels on behalf of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA).
According to him, the firm has a 20 years lease agreement based on Built, Operate and Transfer (BOT), and had operated for 13 years on behalf of the NPA in cleaning the water ways environs.
“We hope to go and continue with the job, as we have created a lot of facilities. We train people on environment clearing, and we are like concessionaire to NPA based on the BOT arrangement.
“In those days, people just throw waste into the River, and that is why our water ways and channels are full of sludge and debries.
“Right now, we have controlled that. We take these wastes and oil slog on the ship and refine it and through that process, the impurities are taken out and it becomes base oil which is used in powering other machines.
“Our focus is to clear up the water channels, refine the wastes for further usage, as well as train people”, Robeni said.
Corlins Walter