Former Nigerian Minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development Chief Nduese Essien has lamented a situation where multinational oil companies are in flagrantly violating the country’s laws and exhibit monopolistic tendencies at the expense of the growth of Nigerians in oil businesses.
Chief Essien who spoke in a paper he presented during a two-day workshop organized by Exxon Mobil for Journalists in Akwa Ibom State, said that the exploitation of Nigerian oil industry by the multinationals can never be condoned in other parts of the world.
Chief Essien, who himself had started off as a journalist with the Nigerian Chronicles in the early 70s, wondered why journalists showed great apathy in reporting on the extent to which oil multinational companies adhered to the Nigeria Oil and Gas Industry Content Development Act,2010.
He asked journalists to strive to always stand on the side of professionalism and integrity in their responsibilities, adding that there were a lot to report in the oil industry.
Mfonobong Ukpong, reports from Uyo
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