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Firms Tasked On Gas Flaring, Employment
Oil companies operating in Nigeria have again be reminded of the need to end gas flaring in their areas of operations as well as provide social infrastructural facilities and employment opportunities for youths in the areas.
The former Managing Director, IDSL Nigeria Limited, Engr. Samuel Ekiye said the move would go a long way to boosting the oil and gas industry as well as give the people a sense of belonging to Nigeria project.
Speaking at a workshop with the theme “Actuating
the Gas Upgrade Vision through Dialogue for Landlords and other Stakeholders in OML 58 Gas Upgrade Project in Ekpeye Kingdom, Ekiye also spoke of the need for landlords, host communities and operators in the oil industry to make proper use of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoUs) through peaceful means.
He however called on the people of Ekpeye to cooperate with oil companies in their respective domains to ensure the provision of social amenities to oil bearing communities.
Earlier, the Chairman of the occasion, Elder Andrew Egbelu had lauded the current trend of dialogue among landlords, stakeholders and communities in Niger Delta through MoUs, saying it was a welcome development.
The Management of ZB Joint Venture Ltd, represented by the company’s Community Relations manager, Mr. Shadrack Chukwu, said his business organisation was committed in addressing issues of employment, subcontracts and capacity building toward ensuring a mutually beneficial relation.
In his speech, the managing Director, Orison Enterprises Nigeria, Mr. Temple O. Solomon who organised the workshop expressed the hope that both the landlords and stakeholders would use the forum to appreciate their strength and weaknesses while demanding for their rights with the confines of the law.
In a goodwill message, a director in the Rivers State Ministry of Chieftaincy and Community Affairs, Mr. Nyize Emeyi thanked the organisers for the workshop and called for continuous cooperation between host communities and companies to ensure development of the area.
Chioma Egbeogu/Beauty Abraham
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Fouchee Celebrates Asari’s Recognition
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Kalabari Media Forum Hails Recognition Of Dokubo Asari As Amayanabo
The Kalabari Media Forum has endorsed the recognition of Alabo, Alhaji Mujaheed Dokubo Asari as the Amayanabo of Torusarama Piri and the historical relevance of the award.
A communique issued after the 2024 end of year summit of the Forum also commends the Executive Governor of Rivers State, Sir Siminialaye Joseph Fubara for the recognition which they described as the best end of year gift to the Kalabari people.
The Communique signed by the Coordinator of the Forum, Alabo Dagogo Clinton and the Secretary, Mr. Harry Awolayeofori Macmorrison states that the gesture should make the Kalabari people to get back to the drawing board and consolidate on existing inter and intra communal peace within the region.
According to the statement, Torusarama Piri was the first place where the founding fathers of Kalabari converged from different cultures, tribes and backgrounds. Adding that those saying that the Kalabari people are not united should think again.
” As the different founding fathers were able to form a formidable ethnic nationality, modern day Kalabari should be able to sink the differences between the constituent communities and with other non-Kalabari speaking neighbours to achieve the needed internal cohesion for development”. It states.
The Forum further congratulated Alabo Asari Dokubo on his recognition and urged him to use the opportunity to do even more for the Kalabari people and Rivers State as a whole.
According to the statement, the Forum is happy with the recognition of Dokubo Asari not because he is one of the patrons of the Forum, but because he is about the most Kalabari-centric figure living, who has also committed enormous resources for the protection of the Kalabari people.
They urged the Kalabari Se Kobiri and the entire people of the ethnic nationality to work with Alabo Dokubo Asari and put to rest speculations about Kalabari that some persons have exploited against the interest of the Kalabari people over the years.
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