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The youths of Belema community on Monday shutdown Shell’s flow station and gas plant.

The angry youths accused the multinational company of neglecting them and marginalizing the community for years.

However, the General Manager, External Relations, Igo Weli, refuted the claims. According to him, a total of $31 billion has been paid by the multinational company to the federal government and Niger Delta Development Commission in the last four years.

Weli said a total of $29.8 billion was paid to the federation account between 2002 and 2016. While another $1.2 billion was paid to the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) account in the last four years.

He further stated that the action of the youths is ‘worrisome’ and capable of discouraging investment in the region.

According to Weli, “In 2016 alone, Shell contribution to NDDC was 106.8 million dollars; people need to define their expectation; ask themselves if their expectation is realistic and if SPDC is government.

“Between 2012 and 2016, SPDC JV contributed $29.8 billion to the federation account which flows down to the state governments, local governments and to the communities.

“The business we do add value in several ways through contributions to the federation account and the NDDC.

“SPDC has made several efforts to sensitise the people on how our business is run, so that their expectations can be realistic and align with realities of how we run our business,” he said.

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A total of $31billion paid? I think our elites are taking the poor for granted

These pple shud be blocking their elders. Orubebe them.

hmm
Reminds me of how dangote planned to situate his #12 billion in rivers state only for those stupid rivers communities to start forming unions, organizations just to collect money, as a business man dangote moved his investment to Lagos where sane persons reside. A refinery that could have employed thousands of rivers youths.

This is how these jobless and lazy youths keep driving away investors. How can they tell she'll to handover to their local company. Can't they take a clue from Lagos? why are people very comfortable setting up investments in Lagos and not rivers. Still they will complain of lack of jobs for youths. these guys are uselessly lazy. Spdc even has 11 court cases as defendants from 11 different organizations. U want to build road for them, u settle the youths, u want to build hospital for them u settle the youths, u want to give them water, u settle the youths.
I know how in Kebbi the indigenes bring roasted yam for us while repairing their water pipes, unlike rivers where they will kidnap and harass u
I HATE RIVERS MENTALITY

Same FG that warns Niger delta youth that oil would soon end collects money n ignores our lands abeg shut down more wells till your village is like Dubai so wen the oil end we would ve somtin to show for it. #our minus on do

zionmade1:
hmm
Reminds me of how dangote planned to situate his #12 billion in rivers state only for those stupid rivers communities to start forming unions, organizations just to collect money, as a business man dangote moved his investment to Lagos where sane persons reside. A refinery that could have employed thousands of rivers youths.

This is how these jobless and lazy youths keep driving away investors. How can they tell she'll to handover to their local company. Can't they take a clue from Lagos? why are people very comfortable setting up investments in Lagos and not rivers. Still they will complain of lack of jobs for youths. these guys are uselessly lazy. Spdc even has 11 court cases as defendants from 11 different organizations. U want to build road for them, u settle the youths, u want to build hospital for them u settle the youths, u want to give them water, u settle the youths.
I know how in Kebbi the indigenes bring roasted yam for us while repairing their water pipes, unlike rivers where they will kidnap and harass u
I HATE RIVERS MENTALITY

Tribe aside . You said the plain truth. Am from a small town in imo that shares boundary with rivers. Egbema and elele precisely. Each time i travel i ask don't this youth reason, why are they so lazy to work but then i realised years of neglect have changed their way of reasoning. Rivers are very lazy am ikwerre and it's a fact

Why do some of our youths think that violence is the best way to go in seeking for retribution?

tinz:
Tribe aside . You said the plain truth. Am from a small town in imo that shares boundary with rivers. Egbema and elele precisely. Each time i travel i ask don't this youth reason, why are they so lazy to work but then i realised years of neglect have changed their way of reasoning. Rivers are very lazy am ikwerre and it's a fact

My friend shut up joor
It's time for the youths to take back their country
Keep hiding behind your keyboard
There is a revolution coming

Mark my words
Something big will happen soon
Very soon

Amoto94:
Why do some of our youths think that violence is the best way to go in seeking for retribution?

And who has peace helped in this country

ZombieTAMER:
And who has peace helped in this country

Successful people.

zionmade1:
hmm
Reminds me of how dangote planned to situate his #12 billion in rivers state only for those stupid rivers communities to start forming unions, organizations just to collect money, as a business man dangote moved his investment to Lagos where sane persons reside. A refinery that could have employed thousands of rivers youths.

This is how these jobless and lazy youths keep driving away investors. How can they tell she'll to handover to their local company. Can't they take a clue from Lagos? why are people very comfortable setting up investments in Lagos and not rivers. Still they will complain of lack of jobs for youths. these guys are uselessly lazy. Spdc even has 11 court cases as defendants from 11 different organizations. U want to build road for them, u settle the youths, u want to build hospital for them u settle the youths, u want to give them water, u settle the youths.
I know how in Kebbi the indigenes bring roasted yam for us while repairing their water pipes, unlike rivers where they will kidnap and harass u
I HATE RIVERS MENTALITY

oga we understand you.B t look at it this way, why not restructure the country and allow them to mismanage the money and blame themselves..Let me borrow a point from the biafran manifest that says that states will have 70 percent of the resources and give 30 to the center while local gov takes 20% the host community takes 10% leaving the state with 40%. if you go by this the centre collects 3 billion dollars while the state share 28 billion dollars.So tell me whats wromg with that and whi will complian if such a system is in place.The citizens check there governors cos notting will come from tye centre...so lets do the right tging and stop running in the bush like anterlops, restructure or divisiom.

very soon Nigeria will not based there economy on oil again.
i will see wat u people will eat.
wen u ave chased all the investor away .

Fg should reconstruct the country and give them their resources let them control.

Pinkfeet:
very soon Nigeria will not based there economy on oil again.
i will see wat u people will eat.
wen u ave chased all the investor away .

shut up, face your front. Economic adviser. Thieves

They should blow up the fcking location, no time to waste. Buhari is a Bastardd

Kbanka:
These pple shud be blocking their elders. Orubebe them.

no we're more concerned about parasites who are controlling our oil money. Arewa criminals

For how long will we continue to allow Hausa Fulanis to be stealing our wealth

October 1st Fulanis must return all the oil wells they got through Buhari, Babangida and Abacha

tribalistseun:
shut up, face your front. Economic adviser. Thieves

did it pain u,
eyah, u better go and look for work before its late

Pinkfeet:
did it pain u,
eyah, u better go and look for work before its late

thief call your people to start packing their bags, cos by October 1st any Afonja snake found in SS will be beheaded. Traitors

zionmade1:
hmm
Reminds me of how dangote planned to situate his #12 billion in rivers state only for those stupid rivers communities to start forming unions, organizations just to collect money, as a business man dangote moved his investment to Lagos where sane persons reside. A refinery that could have employed thousands of rivers youths.

This is how these jobless and lazy youths keep driving away investors. How can they tell she'll to handover to their local company. Can't they take a clue from Lagos? why are people very comfortable setting up investments in Lagos and not rivers. Still they will complain of lack of jobs for youths. these guys are uselessly lazy. Spdc even has 11 court cases as defendants from 11 different organizations. U want to build road for them, u settle the youths, u want to build hospital for them u settle the youths, u want to give them water, u settle the youths.
I know how in Kebbi the indigenes bring roasted yam for us while repairing their water pipes, unlike rivers where they will kidnap and harass u
I HATE RIVERS MENTALITY

Yea you are right. Rivers people reason so low. Sometimes I wonder whats wrong with their brain

tribalistseun:
thief call your people to start packing their bags, cos by October 1st any Afonja snake found in SS will be beheaded. Traitors

lolz... . will shall see wat u people will eat after ur re - freedom .
wen u ave send all d investors away because of ur greedyness

Pinkfeet:
very soon Nigeria will not based there economy on oil again.
i will see wat u people will eat.
wen u ave chased all the investor away .

The day Nigeria dont get oil is the day Nigeria would die. Already, when the militants in the Niger delta were blowing up pipelines we saw how the economy collapsed together with falling oil prices. Oil is the oxygen Nigeria breathes with.

Pinkfeet:
lolz... . will shall see wat u people will eat after ur re - freedom .
wen u ave send all d investors away because of ur greedyness

you people and them must go

Dh

tinz:
Tribe aside . You said the plain truth. Am from a small town in imo that shares boundary with rivers. Egbema and elele precisely. Each time i travel i ask don't this youth reason, why are they so lazy to work but then i realised years of neglect have changed their way of reasoning. Rivers are very lazy am ikwerre and it's a fact

you are from Imo and Ikwere at the same time

na waoooh

Oxenomy:
you are from Imo and Ikwere at the same time

hahahaha u beat me to that

the guy na ewu gambia

richidinho:
hahahaha u beat me to that

the guy na ewu gambia

I was confused.. I guess he is one of the "we SS"

zionmade1:
hmm
Reminds me of how dangote planned to situate his #12 billion in rivers state only for those stupid rivers communities to start forming unions, organizations just to collect money, as a business man dangote moved his investment to Lagos where sane persons reside. A refinery that could have employed thousands of rivers youths.

This is how these jobless and lazy youths keep driving away investors. How can they tell she'll to handover to their local company. Can't they take a clue from Lagos? why are people very comfortable setting up investments in Lagos and not rivers. Still they will complain of lack of jobs for youths. these guys are uselessly lazy. Spdc even has 11 court cases as defendants from 11 different organizations. U want to build road for them, u settle the youths, u want to build hospital for them u settle the youths, u want to give them water, u settle the youths.
I know how in Kebbi the indigenes bring roasted yam for us while repairing their water pipes, unlike rivers where they will kidnap and harass u
I HATE RIVERS MENTALITY

You think traditional rulers in Lagos don't collect money ND settlement from big investors? It's a Nigerian problem, not one perculiar to the Niger Delta alone. I work in the Telecom sector in Lagos as a Field Engineer. Anytime we go for fueling or major site work, area boys collect huge sums of money to let us pass( I've been flogged before. I know a colleague that was killed in Ikorudu for not settling) Plus greedy landlord association that bill as much as 600k a year as security fees for a single Tel station site. You should have asked your self who the Niger Deltans learnt from.