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Indigenes of Ugborodo community in Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State on Wednesday installed a temple of a terrifying idol in front of the Chevron Escravos Gas to Liquids (EGTL) facility, accusing the company of implementing oil industry policies. I protested against the fact that I was not doing so. Act (PIA).
Protesters, who held placards and blocked the entrance to the facility, said the idol, known as “Ogbejagbele,” was not intended to harm Chevron employees; They said bringing it in was a symbolic display of their ancestors’ anger with the company.
The protesters said they would not leave the Chevron facility until the federal government persuades the oil multinational to take the necessary steps.
They submitted 41 demands, including for Chevron to implement the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) and the Ikpere Host Community PIA agreed to by the National Upstream Regulatory Commission (NURPC), as well as the youth and people of Ugborodo. It also included a request for employment to be provided. and the Itsukiri indigenous people.
In a conversation with reporters, female community leader Helen Ulemle said they staged the protest because Chevron had failed to fulfill its corporate social responsibility to the community.
She said there was nothing in Ugborodo to indicate Chevron’s presence in the community over the past 60 years.
“We have not received anything from Chevron. There are no jobs, no contracts. Even our elders have nothing to support them. They are deceiving us,” she said. Ta.
“Some of our boys are graduates, but Chevron has refused to convert them. They are just doing workers’ jobs.”
Another indigenous person, Julie Iwetan, who also spoke to DAILY POST, said the people of Ugborodo were starving and suffering.
Ukuyinden Ajuetsi, a young man, said the area lacks basic amenities such as drinking water and lighting, stressing that there are no suitable jobs for them.
Community leader Joseph Ileyefoju said maintenance work is still being carried out at the facility, but Chevron brought in workers from outside without considering the indigenous people of the Ugborodo community. did.
He said this shows Chevron has no respect for local content laws.
“We will not leave until they (Chevron) do what is necessary,” Augustine Iyinbo, one of the leaders of the peaceful protests, told the Daily Post.
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Source: dailypost.ng