Aggrieved youths of Rumuji Community in Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State, have accused Greenville LNG Gas Plant of marginalizing and neglecting the host community; Rumuji and its people.
They also accused the company of appointing a Yoruba man, whose name they gave as Mr. Joseph Onyadoye, the community relations and administration director, instead of a native of the land who has the interest of the people at heart.
The Rumuji youths, women and men said the company neglected the host community in the areas of employment, scholarships, provision of amenities and implementation of the gas turbine electricity, which was promised them by the company on September 30, 2024.
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About two weeks ago, the youths led by the president stormed Greenville LNG on a three-day protest with a casket, demanding gas turbine electricity and that Onyedonye must leave.
Speaking in an interview on Monday, the youth president, Mr. Anele Ogbu, noted that the people of Rumuji community hosting Greenville have not benefitted from anything from the company.
Ogbu warned that if the company failed to comply, the youths would return to the gas plant to stage another protest.
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“The company has not done anything after the last protest, instead, they have been going to police stations, going to headquarters, DSS office, Army barracks Elele, inviting us.
“We have a meeting with the commissioner for chieftaincy, where the matter can be settled, and the governor, they are now going to the security operatives, they are there calling me on the phone.
“They have not done anything. And all what we want is Mr Joseph Onyadoye, the community relations and administration director should leave the company, he is the one fueling crisis, he should leave the company, he should not interface with the community, we don’t need him any longer, he is the one fueling problems in the community, that position is community position, he is a Yoruba man so he hijacked everything.
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“They are marginalizing us, intimidating us. The gas turbine they said they are going to give the community, since last year, 30th September 2024, they have not done it until now, the one percent annual profit which they said they are going to give after they start operation, this is how many years now, they have not given us.
“So this man has been causing problems. They don’t give youth employment, they don’t give us our local content jobs, no scholarships, nothing, so those are the things we are seeing.”
He added that “let’s wait for the commissioner for chieftaincy and community affairs because the people that took over the matter was the local government chairman but you know the situation, so they have diverted the matter over to the commissioner for chieftaincy and community affairs, he is the one, we are waiting, they said on 7th.
“If nothing happens and Joseph Onyedonye did not leave the site, I think we will go back there to protest.”
