Christmas: NEPL/ND-Western Once More Distributes Aid Supplies To Communities In OML 34

Oil Mining Licence OML 34, ND-Western Asset Management Team, and Nigeria Exploration and Production Limited joint venture have given bags of rice, bags of salt, cartons of groundnut oil, and a variety of drinks to the local communities in OML 34 in the spirit of the Christmas holiday season.

The Manager of Government Community Relations and Security, Mr. Sheidu Aiguedo, who presented the items on behalf of the Management of NEPL/ND-Western OML 34 AMT, said the intention was to make people of the host communities happy at the festive period.

Aiguedo who was represented by the Community Liaison Officer, Mrs. Eunice Akpourhobo said that the company is committed to alleviating the sufferings of the people following the high cost of living.

She maintained that the act fell under corporate social responsibility for the oil company.

Mr. Aiguedo urged the residents of Oml 34 communities to keep providing the company with the favourable conditions needed for it to succeed in its operations.

During the exercise, some of the representatives of the various communities who spoke with newsmen thanked the company for the end-of-year gifts.

Mr. Ejiroghene Ibuakevwe, representative of Edjeba community, Mrs. Joyce Bioseh, secretary general of the Ugbodede community, both from the Warri South Local Government Area, and Hon. Stephen Asheshe, a representative of Okpare Olomu from the Ughelli South Local Government Area, thanked the company for the gesture in their individual interviews.

They said that the kind gesture would bring even more smiles to their people’s faces, but appealed to the company’s management to increase the quantity of the gifts so that there would be enough for everyone.

They thanked the company for giving them gifts at the end of each year and gave the OML 34 operators their word that they would keep providing them with a supportive environment in which to operate their business.

Items distributed include bags of rice, bags of salt, cartoons of groundnut oil, cartoons of gin, cartoons of red wine, and cartoons of fruit wine.