I believe it is time Nigeria will start rethinking their relationships with these foreign oil companies. They are in Nigeria to steal Nigeria Blind. They could not do that in USA, why do we let these criminals insult us in our country.

I believe it is time Nigeria will start rethinking their relationships with these foreign oil companies. They are in Nigeria to steal Nigeria Blind. They could not do that in USA, why do we let these criminals insult us in our country.

Blaming Chevron is cheap, but why don’t we question NNPC for failing to respond to the mails Chevron wrote to them notifying them of the increase in the project’s cost? Where were their (NNPC or NAPIMS) representatives on the project team? Don’t they get regular reports on the progress of the project? Isn’t this the price we are paying for the ineptitude of the officials that are supposed to monitor and protect our national interest on these project teams? Isn’t it also indicative of the bureaucracy and red tapism for which NNPC and other government agencies are notorious for? The NNPC officials, but serving and retired, are trying to score a cheap one with Nigerians at the public hearing instead of burying their heads in shame for failing to have the interest of Nigerians protected. They are the ones to be held responsible!

The politicians are always quick to make comparisons with similar projects at other parts of the world where ideal conditions exist and cry murder. They will impress us better if they channel their energies into finding solutions to the restiveness in the Niger Delta instead where most of the projects are located. We would not be paying so much for these projects if the environment is conducive for the execution of the projects.