Oil & Energy
Chevron Donates To Charity
The Management of Chevron Nigeria
Limited, has donated some items to the Compassionate Centre hosting physically
challenged children at Nkpogu, Port Harcourt.
Presenting the items to the Centre, leader of
the Chevron delegation and head of the Chevron/NNPC Joint Venture, Supo
Shadiya, said the gesture was part of Chevron’s policy to contribute to
humanitarian services, by giving to charity.
He said
Chevron was happy to identity with the physically challenged children to
encourage them to develop confidence in themselves and become useful members of
the society.
In her
remark, the matron of the centre, Sister Pauline Butler, thanked Chevron for
the gesture, which she said had been sustained for the past years. She assured
that the items given will be judiciously administered for the betterment of the
inmates.
Similarly,
the company also donated some items to the Home of the Elderly at Harbour Road
Port Harcourt.
Port
Harcourt Area Manager of Chevron, Joe Jakpa who led the Chevron team said the
gesture was to identify with the Senior citizens by giving them a sense of
belonging.
In her
response, the matron, of the home, Sister Mary Alfred thanked Chevron for the
donations, and called on other multinationals operating in the state to come to
the aid of the home to alleviate the plights of the inmates.