Activist Lauds FG Over IOCs Relocation Order

A human right activist, Mr. Amatari Bibiledeya, has commended the call by  the vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, that multinational oil companies should relocate their headquarters to their operational bases in the Nigeria Delta region.
He said for the directive to yield  positive result, the Presidency should monitor the process to ensure  that the directive  is implemented as quickly as possible.
“For the Acting President to visit is a welcome  development, but we call  on him to move ahead and compel  them to effect the relocation otherwise the multinational oil firms would take the directive for granted.
He alleged  that the insecurity that  occur in the region were masterminded by the companies  and the interventionist  agencies, such as the Niger Delta Development Commission who did not care much about development of the communities.
“If they adhere to the development  of the Niger Delta, youths will not go after the multinationals”, he said.
On his part, a peace advocate, Napoleon Adam, believed that the directive, if adhered to, would  reduce the aggression in the region.
He, however, challenged the multinational oil companies to relocate their head offices to the local  areas where they do oil and gas exploration.
Adam lauded the Acting President for the directive, saying it is a welcome development particularly at this period  that the crisis  in the region has become a source of worry to the government, the people and the oil operators.
It could be recalled that the Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, said  communities with oil resources  in the Niger Delta region are to be  made hub for  Petrochemical industries in the country.
Osinbajo who disclosed this during his recent visit  to the region explained that the step would enable the Federal  Government  restrategise on the development of the region.
He noted that the Federal Government was interested in ensuring an all-round  development  of the region.

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