The people of Egbebiri Community at Biseni, Yenagoa Local
Government Area has shut down six oil wells operated by
Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC), alleging neglect of its
Cooperate Social Responsibilities.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the
aggrieved members, comprising youths and women,
blocked all access roads leading to the affected oil wells
with logs.
The paramount ruler of Egbebiri, Chief Aniedima Nicholas,
told NAN that they disrupted the oil production because of
NAOC refusal to renew the Memorandum of Understanding
(MoU) with the community.
Nicholas said the maiden MoU signed in 2001 lapsed in
2005, but efforts to get the oil firm to renew the MoU proved
abortive.
``Our grievances are due to the insensitive posture of Agip
to our developmental aspirations.
``Our needs and expectations are captured in that
agreement and if you look at the few amenities we have
here, they are products of the first MoU.
``From 2005 till date, Agip abdicated its role and that
stagnated development here; the road you see was from
that MoU, we have waited for so long a time and decided to
take this final step.
``We are prepared to go to every length to bring them to the
negotiation table to renew the MoU as well as pay
outstanding liabilities for jobs done by the community for
more than one year.
``Our surveillance jobs on their pipelines have continued
despite heavy debts owed to us as well as pending
compensation for oil spills since 2010,” Nicholas said.
The Chairman, Ijaw Youths Council in Egbebiri, Mr John
Aniedima, said the youths had sacked security operatives
deployed to safeguard the facilities after shutting down the
flow of oil.
``We have taken over the wells to compel Agip to come to a
negotiating table with community leaders.
``We are neither against the Federal Government nor state
government, but we want to put an end to the neglect of our
development needs.
``We have barricaded the roads to ensure that no vehicle
can come into the facility and we are ready to mobilise Ijaw
youths from other clans to join us in this struggle,”
Aniedima said.
The Public Affairs Manager for NAOC, Mr Dan Jumbo
declined comment on the issue and told NAN that he was
observing his lunch break. :PThe people of Egbebiri Community at Biseni, Yenagoa Local
Government Area has shut down six oil wells operated by
Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC), alleging neglect of its
Cooperate Social Responsibilities.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the
aggrieved members, comprising youths and women,
blocked all access roads leading to the affected oil wells
with logs.
The paramount ruler of Egbebiri, Chief Aniedima Nicholas,
told NAN that they disrupted the oil production because of
NAOC refusal to renew the Memorandum of Understanding
(MoU) with the community.
Nicholas said the maiden MoU signed in 2001 lapsed in
2005, but efforts to get the oil firm to renew the MoU proved
abortive.
``Our grievances are due to the insensitive posture of Agip
to our developmental aspirations.
``Our needs and expectations are captured in that
agreement and if you look at the few amenities we have
here, they are products of the first MoU.
``From 2005 till date, Agip abdicated its role and that
stagnated development here; the road you see was from
that MoU, we have waited for so long a time and decided to
take this final step.
``We are prepared to go to every length to bring them to the
negotiation table to renew the MoU as well as pay
outstanding liabilities for jobs done by the community for
more than one year.
``Our surveillance jobs on their pipelines have continued
despite heavy debts owed to us as well as pending
compensation for oil spills since 2010,” Nicholas said.
The Chairman, Ijaw Youths Council in Egbebiri, Mr John
Aniedima, said the youths had sacked security operatives
deployed to safeguard the facilities after shutting down the
flow of oil.
``We have taken over the wells to compel Agip to come to a
negotiating table with community leaders.
``We are neither against the Federal Government nor state
government, but we want to put an end to the neglect of our
development needs.
``We have barricaded the roads to ensure that no vehicle
can come into the facility and we are ready to mobilise Ijaw
youths from other clans to join us in this struggle,”
Aniedima said.
The Public Affairs Manager for NAOC, Mr Dan Jumbo
declined comment on the issue and told NAN that he was
observing his lunch break.

I'm coming

1bunne4lif:
I'm coming

hahaha... come join o..

"...alleging neglect of its Cooperate Social Responsibilities" or Corporate Social Responsibilities (CSR)

This Onitsha Headbridge Journalism sef

IOCs should be living to the CSR...

shut all of them down .

Money for shepke.

when the owner of the oil decides to take the place of the gateman and to become the security man and then go every month to Abuja to beg for stipends

short of words

yang:
when the owner of the oil decides to take the place of the gateman and to become the security man and then go every month to Abuja to beg for stipends

That's naija for u o. The country needs serious restructuring.

Keneking:
"...alleging neglect of its Cooperate Social Responsibilities" or Corporate Social Responsibilities (CSR)

This Onitsha Headbridge Journalism sef

Wetin carry Onitsha enter here.

Radio biafra doing the needful... Wow the power of infomation of that radio can never be quantify.

kemback2220003:
Radio biafra doing the needful... Wow the power of infomation of that radio can never be quantify.

this nigga is just like give us biafra we ganna transform our countary just like gej transformed nigeria. wake up dude this is not 70s this is 15