Invest in your host communities

~ C.A-G.I tells SHELL , TOTAL E&P.

The President of Community AntiGraft Initiative (C.A-G.I), comrade Uche Odungweru has called on SHELL and TOTAL to support their host communities in preventing the spread of corona virus, through reliefs that will help the people sustain the hardship caused by covid-19 pandemic.

According to reports, comrade odungweru said as much as testing kits are important to the state , the IOCs and multinational companies should take corporate responsibility of other communities within their operational areas, that are badly affected by the lockdown. He remarked that the government cannot do it all , and called on the private sector to device means of supporting their host communities fight corona virus. He added that, covid-19 pandemic has become a test on corporate social responsibility of oil & gas companies to host communities. Odungweru called on IOCs to take advantage of the pandemic to sustain their relationship with host communities ”It is better to remember companies that have helped us come out of this difficult time, than notice oil workers and their agents, who constitute the most targeted carriers of Covid-19, that endanger communities, he added.