The Honourable Commissioner for Environment, Chief Robert Enogha has expressed dismay in Oil Companies dealing directly with a few influential persons on matters that affect a community. He made this pronouncement during a courtesy call by the management of Shell Petroleum Development Company, Nigeria Agip Oil Company and Chevron Nigeria Limited in Yenagoa Bayelsa State.
He said that the system where the Ministry becomes mere witness to the signing of global memorandoum of understanding (GMOU) was over and called for a change of attitude.
He concluded that by saying that personnel from the Environment Ministry should be respected and treated like professionals, pointing out that for both parties to partner, they should respect the environmental laws of the land and provide logistics requirement for the ministry to enable its technical staff play effective role of spill inspection, clean ups and other environment issues.
The Commissioner frowned at the poor attitude of oil companies towards the payment of effluent discharge fees, non-involvement of indigenous contractors in clean up exercises as well as non inclusion of ministry staff in capacity building trainings and cautioned that Bayelsa State deserves it's own fair treatment from them.
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