Port Harcourt, June 10, 2024 – The Mgbuoshimini Community in Rumueme Kingdom in Obio/Akpor Local Government area of Rivers State has demanded N100 billion compensation from the Nigeria Agip Oil Company (NAOC) for operating in their area for 60 years without addressing their needs.
The community members barricaded the gate to the company’s office in Port Harcourt on Monday with their drums, cooking utensils, goats, and tubers of yam, among others to protest against NAOC.
They also went with placards with inscriptions like ‘Agip GMD Stop the Negligence of Mgbuosimini’, ‘Agip Employ Our Youths,’ ‘Mr Dennis Mazi, Mrs Rebecca Opubo Must Go,’ Agip Train Our Youths, We are Capable and We are Able.’
Weli Nyeche, their Acting Chairman, said that the company operated in their area for 60 years without the people benefitting from its existence
Nyeche alleged that the community had been neglected by NAOC and demanded that the community should be treated better. (GBN)
