Written by George Onah, Port Harcourt
Saturday, 15 March 2008
The Rivers State Government has disowned the Shell Petroleum Development Company, SPDC, over a statement allegedly credited to the government that it had directed the company to secure oil wells in Ogoniland.
An online statement signed by the Director of Press Affairs to the Governor, Ogbonna Nwuke, said the state government was not in any position to give such directives to Shell but that it was the responsibility of the Federal Government to do so when the need arises.
“The attention of the Rivers State Government has been drawn to a statement credited to Shell Petroleum Development Company entitled “SPDC secures wells in Ogoniland”.
In it, the company claimed it has been directed by the Rivers State Government to resume its operations which have been halted in the Ogoni areas in the last 15 years.
We have had cause to study the said statement and we are shocked that SPDC in exercising great indiscretion in this matter would want to arrogate to the Rivers State Government, a responsibility that fully falls within the purview of the Federal Government.”
http://www.vanguardngr.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4689&Itemid=43
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