A civil society organisation, Niger Delta Liberation Movement, has urged the Nigerian National Petroleum Commission, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited, NNPCL, Chevron, Heritage Oil, Selplat and Conoil to put an end to marginalisation of Itsekiri people in their organisations.
A statement signed by Secretary to the group, Mr Emmanuel Tagbanaraewumi, lamented that for over 60 years of exploring oil in Warri Kingdom, NNPCL and its JV partners had oppressed them, stressing that they had refused to provide their coastal communities with basic amenities. “In solidarity with the agitation of the Fitters Senior Staff Association of Nigeria that protested the non-employment of indigenous community skill workers in Dibi, Olero, Abiteye, Escravos units, this has become necessary.