"Bonga spill: Shell compensation not transparent, say communities", 11 July 2016
Some victims of the 2011 Bonga oil spill in the Niger Delta have accused Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company (SNEPCo) and Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC) of underhand practices in the payment of compensation. They said the oil firm sought to avoid its obligations by describing the spillage as a ‘mystery spill’ and afterward signed a General Memorandum of Understanding (GMoU) with unauthorised representatives of the 350 impacted communities. In a statement...they alleged that the firm convinced the unauthorised representatives that the compensation would be converted to infrastructure...The communities also warned that if the firm failed to follow the National Assembly’s recommendation of September 30, 2014 to commence negotiation with their Representative/Attorney, they would “definitely file a separate claim against Shell in any court of law.”
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