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Indigenous oil and gas firm in Nigeria’s upstream sector, Moni Pulo Limited, has said capacity building will ameliorate the Niger Delta region’s economic challenges and reduce incidences of youth restiveness.
The Chairman/Chief Executive, Moni Pulo Petroleum Development, Mrs Seinge Lulu-Briggs made the call at a community empowerment programme for the people of Mbo and Effiat communities in Mbo local government area of Akwa Ibom State.
Lulu-Briggs spoke through the head of administration and community relations, Alabo Clifford, saying the oil firm has a passion for transforming communities and catalyst personal and community growth in sustainable manner through corporate social responsibility.
An indigenous oil company, Moni Pulo Limited, has empowered no fewer than 70 indigenes of its host communities of Effiat and Mbo in Mbo Council of Akwa Ibom State with business start-ups and some motorcycles.
Describing the gesture as part of its corporate social responsibility (CSR), Chief Executive Officer of Moni Pulo, Dr. Seinye Lulu-Briggs, noted that the empowerment became necessary to ensure transformation of the communities, while sustainably creating individual and communal growth.
Lulu-Briggs, who was represented by the company’s Head of Administration and Community Relations, Alabo Clifford, explained that despite the challenges in the oil sector, the company had continued to invest in the wellbeing of the host communities.
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