Andy Odeh, NLNG’s General Manager, External Relations and Sustainable Development, said this in a statement.
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The seven passengers were transiting to Port Harcourt from Bonny when their boat was intercepted and abducted by pirates.
Simbi Wabote, the Executive Secretary, Nigeria Content Development and Monitoring Board, gave the warning at the formal opening of The Promise Fast Food and Restaurant in Bonny, Rivers State.
Under the MOU, the United States through the President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI), will provide technical assistance to the NLNG-led Bonny Island Malaria Elimination Project. The partnership seeks to bring malaria deaths to zero in the community of 300,000 and make the island Nigeria’s first malaria-free zone.
The training equipped the youths with skills to enable them to function as tour guides and champions of tourism, especially in the areas of cultural and eco-tourism.
The upper chamber, while urging the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management through the National Emergency Management Agency to provide life materials to the people of Bonny Island, mandated the Committee on the Environment to meet with the National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency to ensure reduction of marine pollution of all kinds.
This was made known during a recent visit by officials of United States President’s Malaria Initiative to Bonny Island to conduct a first-hand assessment of the feasibility of malaria elimination on the Island and explore opportunities for partnership with NLNG in combating the scourge.
The NLNG General Manager Production, Tayo Ogini, said this on Saturday while making a presentation on the facility located at Bonny Island on Saturday.