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Mobil Contributes N59.2bn To NDDC
Mobil Producing Nigeria (MPN), operator of the NNPC/MPN Joint Venture, said it contributed N59.2 billion to the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), between 2001 and 2009.
The oil giant, which made the disclosure over the weekend, said that its contribution was in compliance with the enabling law of the commission.
The company’s Executive Director and General Manager, Public and Government Affairs, Mrs. Gloria Essien-Danner, said over the weekend, at the inauguration of an Information Resource Centre, in Ibeno Local Government Area.
Danner said that the financial contribution was the yearly three per cent funding required from oil companies by the laws setting up the NDDC.
“Last year alone, Mobil Producing Nigeria contributed a total of N19.8 billion to NDDC,” Danner said.
She said that the ICT Centre at Ibeno was among the 28 completed projects embarked upon by Mobil in its host communities of Ibeno, Esit-Eket, Eket, Onna, Eastern Obolo and Mkpat-Enin Local Government Areas. She put the total cost of the 28 projects at N460 million.
Reports say that the projects included water scheme, school blocks and quarters, health facilities and electricity installations, road and drainages in addition to the ICT Centres.
She urged the benefiting communities to take full ownership of the projects and ensure that they were used optimally.
The representative of the Group General Manager of the National Petroleum Investment and Management Services (NAPIMS), Mr Wilson Udoh, advised oil bearing communities and the State Government to establish links with the NDDC. He said it was necessary to ensure that the three per cent contribution from Mobil gets to them.
Udoh appealed to contractors handling joint venture projects to ensure timely delivery of the projects to the communities. “We will continue to intensify our efforts in providing sustainable development programmes in the areas we are operating,” he assured.
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