Chief Amos Tebepina, the Chairman, Ogboloma Community Development Committee, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Yenagoa that the community was being sidelined in the selection of developmental projects, which violated the MoU
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Governor Uduaghan, in a statement in Asaba on Monday, commended the report, which he said confirms what has been known about the real source of spill that has damaged the Niger Delta region and is impoverishing the people
Consequently, the Committee on Petroleum Resources and Upstream on Wednesday summoned the management of National Petroleum Investment Management Services to appear before it on November 18
He said: “Most members of Bodo community unanimously rejected an offer for compensation from oil company Shell, calling the amount derisory and insulting at the conclusion of talks between their lawyers and the energy giant in Port Harcourt
The source said that the company had made the proposal and was awaiting the response of the community’s representatives and their lawyers
The GM expressed concern over the damage caused by oil spill on the environment and called on stakeholders in Nigeria’s economy to close ranks to curtail the menace
“We learnt that some officials of Shell came to work there on Tuesday and it may be the cause
“The activities of illegal refineries are extremely damaging to the environment as significant proportion of the stolen crude used in the illegal refineries is disposed of in the environment
The spill has contaminated the Taylor Creek in Yenagoa and residents of Biseni/JK4 Road told the News Agency of Nigeria that they disagreed that the spills were caused by oil theft
In a statement issued in Lagos on Sunday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party warned that if the listed measures were not taken, the government may not be able to pay its bills, including workers’ salaries, within the next few years
The Civil Liberties Organisation has condemned the attack, on Friday, on a community in Ogoniland, Eleme, in Rivers State by military men, based on the prompting of Anglo-Dutch oil company, Shell