Total, Rivers Community Renew MoU

Traders salvaging their wares as Kara Market in Sokoto State is gutted by fire last Wednesday.

Total Nigeria Limited has signed a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on community development with Egi communigy in Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area of Rivers State.
Speaking during the signing of the fifth MoU with the community at Egi recently, the out-going Managing Director of Total, Mr Guy Maurice, said the MoU was intended to sustain the peaceful relationship between Total and Egi community and to promote development in the area.
The MD pointed out that part of the measures toward sustaining the existing peaceful relationship was to ensure robust partnership, capacity building, and strengthening of community-based institutions.
Maurice used the opportunity to formally introduce his successor, Elisabeth Proust to the community and thanked the community for its co-operation, while urging it to extend same to the new MD.
In his remark, the Egi monarch, HRM Dr Kingdom Elenwo, commended Total for its drive towards sustainable corporate social responsibility policy, the monarch called for speedy implementation of MoU projects in Egi land and the conversion of all Egi indigenes who are casual workers in the company to permanent staff.
The Eze Egi also conferred on the out-going MD, a chieftaincy title of “Ukwo Ka Egi”, meaning the great light of Egi for his developmental strides in the area.
Also speaking, the president of Egi People’s Assembly, Barr Oris Onyiri called on Total and other stakeholders in the area to key into the Egi City Development Trust Fund to help achieve the Egi Economic Development Goals.

Chris Oluoh