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Tension in Niger Delta community as angry youths shutdown 30,000 per day crude oil production facility

by Emerald Nigeria
July 15, 2022
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There is rising tension in Koluama community in Southern Ijaw local government council area of Bayelsa state following the invasion and shut down of oil facilities being operated by ConOil producing limited by angry youths over alleged non-implementation of Memorandum of Understanding with host communities.

Our correspondent learnt that the breached oil facility known as Ango 2 field, operated by Conoil since 2013, has a crude oil production capacity of over 30,000 barrels per day.

It was gathered that the aggrieved indigenes, including women, youths, and elders, caught security personnel stationed on the facilities unawares and invaded with placards with inscription such as “No MoU, No Crude oil exploration”, ConOil pack, and go, we are tired of suffering” and “Koluama people are suffering”, demanded the shutdown of operations at the facility.

The decision of the aggrieved community indigenes was also backed by the members of the Koluama Oil and Gas Committee, insisting that the oil multinational has failed in the implementation of the Memorandum of Understanding by Conoil, which spelt out social obligations of the oil firm to its host communities.

The Chairman Koluama clan oil and gas committee, Chief Jonathan Amabebe, who spoke with journalists from the breached oil facilities, said some of the community’s demands include, clean-up of oil spill sites in the various communities and carrying out of medical outreach to communities affected by oil spill.

According to Amabebe, others are the issuance of employment letter to one of the community’s qualified indigenes, who was successful in Conoil’s last employment exercise in 2015 and award of contract across the five host communities, in Koluama Clan, namely, Tamazo, Koluama 1, Koluama 2, Olobia and Kalaweiama, embedded in the MoU amongst others.

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Also speaking on the development, the Technical Assistant to Special Adviser to the Governor on Oil and Gas, Prince Tare Ekubo,​ ​ said that despite several warnings from the community, intervention by government, meetings and letters sent to Conoil, to ensure that the relationship by both parties does not degenerate, the oil company has refused to implement decisions reached and as such the action from the community.

He however, said the Bayelsa State Government will engage both parties to resolve the lingering issues once and for all.

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