The Benikrukru Community in Gbaramatu Kingdom of Warri South West local government area of Delta State on Wednesday issued a one week ultimatum to Chevron Nigeria Limited over alleged marginalization of the community in the areas of contracts, employment and corporate social responsibility by the company. The indigenes of Banikrukru communities, said though series of…
The Benikrukru Community in Gbaramatu Kingdom of Warri South West local government area of Delta State on Wednesday issued a one week ultimatum to Chevron Nigeria Limited over alleged marginalization of the community in the areas of contracts, employment and corporate social responsibility by the company.
The indigenes of Banikrukru communities, said though series of letters have been written to the management of the oil giant to review their policies on host community relationship, the decision to issue a one week ultimatum is a deliberate action against breakdown of law and order in the area.
The community, in a statement issued on Wednesday in Warri and signed by the chairman, Mr. Victor E. Eseimieghan and Secretary, Mr. Boan Roland Ojogun, alleged that Chevron has been flagrantly violating the local content requirements in the area of contracts in their dealings with Benikrukru community over the years.
According to the community, “Contracts due to the communities in line with the local content law are given to contractors fronting for insiders within Chevron at the expense of the community.
“For now contracts such as water injection plant treatment; well head servicing; well head repairs; leak repairs; fumigation and other associated contracts which ought to be done by community contractors are been done by two companies: INHOUSE GROUP and PELFACO Nigeria Limited.”
The community said, “These companies are not owned by Benikrukru indigenous contractors but by people from outside community who are fronting for insiders in Chevron Nigeria Limited.
In the area of employment, the community said, Chevron has also stopped the yearly aptitude test through which they used to employ a few qualified persons from the community for the past ten years.