Ofe Nene Of Ugborodo Community Demands Immediate Recognition Of Ikpere-HCDT For PIA Implementation

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PRESS RELEASE

I Mr. Ofe Nene from The Ugborodo Federated Communities in Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State call on the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) and all International Oil Companies (IOCs) operating in its domain to immediately give recognition to Ekpere Host Community Development Trust (Ikpere-HCDT) as the adopted trust by the people for the implementation of the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIA).

The Ekpere Host Community Development Trust (Ikpere-HCDT) is well constituted in line with the PIA Act and the entire Ugborodo people took a resolutions on this at the well-attended general meeting of people of the Ugborodo Community at the Ode-Ugborodo town hall on Saturday July 29th, 2023.

Based on the foregoing I reiterated that Chevron Nigeria Ltd (CNL), Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC), others settlors and NUPRC should do the needful in the interest of peace, enabling environment, equity, justice and fair play in line with the PIA Act.

The people of Ugborodo have since put their position on this issue to rest after a robust and extensive General Meeting of the Ugborodo Federated Communities comprising mainly of Ode-Ugborodo, Ogidigben, Ajudaibo, Madangho and Ijaghala, among other adjoining communities, held at Ikpere Hall in Ode-Ugborodo, headquarters of Ugborodo federated communities otherwise know as Ugborodo Community, where the people resolved as follows:

that on the implementation of the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA), it was unanimously reaffirmed that the earlier chosen name of Ikpere Host Community Development Trust (Ikpere HCDT), remains the name the adopted name by Ugborodo Community for the implementation of the PIA.

“That Ugborodo Community remains steadfast on the insistence that the extant laws of the PIA and the accompanying Regulations of the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) must be followed religiously in the implementation of the PIA, particularly as it concerns the constitution of members of the Trustees, Management Committee and Advisory Committee.

“That Ugborodo Community and the NUPRC are on the same page on the all-important issue of adherence to the relevant laws and regulations guiding the implementation of the PIA in all ramifications, and this much has been made known by the NUPRC to the settlors (Chevron, Shell and other international oil companies, IOCs) operating in Ugborodo land.

“The interventions of the Delta State Government in the lingering issue concerning the implementation of the PIA in the Ugborodo Community have been only to the extent of advocating for peace in the area and further advising the Ugborodo Community to settle her internal problems.

“The Ugborodo Community maintains her earlier position already in the public domain that it is not in any way whatsoever going against the Olu of Warri, the Palace, and/or the other Itsekiri communities.

“All the Ugborodo Community has said and still maintained until tomorrow is that the extant laws must be followed religiously in the implementation of the PIA, particularly in Ugborodoland. As a host community, Ugborodo Community is big enough to have its own separate HCDT without prejudice to other host communities in Itsekiri land who may want to be lumped together under one HCDT.

Based on the above mentioned, and for the purposes of emphasis, the Ikpere Host Community Development Trust (Ikpere-HCDT), has since been adopted by the good people of Ugborodo Community.

Till date I don’t know why some individuals in the PGPA department of Chevron Nigeria limited are standing against dealing directly with host communities if not for their personal interest.

But let it be known that that pattern of divide rule they have uses in the past that brought no development to the communities will be resisted with the last drop of our blood this time.

This is my unwavering position on the issue of the implementation of PIA in the Ugborodo Community.

Thanks,

Ofe Nene

Indigenes

Ugborodo Community

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