The
Gbaramatu Kingdom which is the ancestral home of former militant
leader, Tompolo, has threatened to shut down operations of Chevron
Nigeria Limited in 7 days.
Tompolo
In statement by Victor Eseimieghan on Wednesday, the Gbaramatu
Kingdom in Warri South-West Local Government Area of Delta State, has
threatened to shut down operations of Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL), if
the company fails to address the marginalization of the community in
seven days.
The kingdom which is the ancestral home of former militant leader,
Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo, accused Chevron of marginalising
the community in the areas of contracts, employment and corporate social
responsibility.
DailyPost reported that the community’s chairman also accused the oil company of “flagrantly
violating the local content requirements in the area of contracts in
their dealings with Benikrukru community over the years.”
“In the light of the foregoing, the Chevron Nigeria limited and
government is hereby given a seven- day ultimatum to address these
grievances or the Benikrukru community would have no other option than
to shut down the operations of Chevron Nigeria Limited in the Abiteye
field.
“Contracts due to the communities in line with the local
content law are given to contractors fronting for insiders within
Chevron at the expense of the community. For now contracts such as water
injection plant treatment; well- head servicing; well head repairs;
leak repairs; fumigation and other associated contracts, which ought to
be done by community contractors are been done by two companies, Inhouse
Group and Pelfaco Nigeria Limited.
“These companies are not owned by Benikrukru indigenous
contractors, but by people from outside community, who are fronting for
insiders in Chevron Nigeria Limited.
“Also in the area of employment, Chevron has also stopped the
yearly aptitude test through which they used to employ a few qualified
persons from the community for the past 10 years. They employ now
without the knowledge and interest of the Benikrukru community.
“Even the few persons that were employed from the community in
recent times are all casual workers. Chevron has also completely
abandoned its corporate social responsibility to the community by the
failure to carry out any developmental project in the Benikrukru
community for several years. Chevron has bluntly refused to have any
dealing with the leadership of the community with a view to resolve
these issues,” the statement read.
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