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| Mutiu Sumonu |
Managing Director of Shell Petroleum Development Company,
Mr. Mutiu Sumonu has said that contrary to information making the rounds that
they are folding their operations in the Niger Delta and Nigeria, their
business was still thriving and would continue.
He disclosed this in Ugheli where he led a delegation to
make donations from SPDC and its subsidiaries to flood victims camped at the
Oharisi Primary School rehabilitation camp in Ugheli North Local Government
where he donated $1 million to the International Red Cross to alleviate the
suffering of those displaced by flood.
Samonu described the business relationship between SPDC and
Nigeria as cordial and rewarding and said people should discountenance the
information that they were winding up in the Niger Delta region.
Apart from the money already donated for procurement of
items to ameliorate the suffering of the displaced in the camp, he said the
company will match any contribution made by their staff who were already making
individual contributions towards providing for them.
The Shell boss after touring the displaced people camp said
he was shocked at the level of destruction and displacement cause by the flood
and pledged to do anything within the power of the company to soothe the nerve
of the affected who he noticed were mainly women and children.
“I think the flooding is really, really unfortunate. Indeed,
I see it as a national tragedy. However, I must say I am very impressed by the
way the different people from all works of life have really risen to the
challenge. I also see, honestly, a good spirit of sharing. Thousands of
children, the young and the elderly all struggling to make it together."
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