Say we can’t give a legal license, but we have social license to say no
By Egufe Yafugborhi – Port Harcourt
Ogoni oil-producing communities in Rivers State on Wednesday declared that any oil firm desirous of resuming exploration in the area must come to terms with the people before enjoying the freedom to operate whatever license secured from the Federal Government.
Barituka Loanyie, President, Ogoni Oil Producing Community Youth Forum (OOPCYF) said in Port Harcourt that this “critical notice to prospective oil companies” have become imperative as competition for a license to resume oil production in Ogoniland intensifies following decades of stoppage of exploration since 1993 exit of Shell from Ogoni.
Loanyie said: “We are not against anyone endorsing one oil company or the other, but that does not speak for the interests of the Ogoni Oil Producing Communities.
“We can’t give a legal license, but we have the social license to ensure that irrespective of whoever…
Source: Vanguard Newspaper
