Some of youths took to the streets to protest the alleged relocation plans of Oil giant, Chevron Nigeria Limited from Rivers State. The youths numbering about 60, said there will be economic crisis, if Chevron leaves the area.
The Youths who are from Onne community, in Eleme Local Government Area of the State on Tuesday protested at the entrance of oil giant.
The protesters sang solidarity songs and danced round the company’s perimeter fencing with placards bearing several inscriptions to drive home their demands, insisting that the community was neither hostile to Chevron nor other firms in Onne.
Some of the writings on their placards read ‘Onne youths have never been hostile to Chevron’, ‘Onne youths say no to Chevron’s plan to relocate’, ‘Onne is peaceful for business and investors’, ‘Our people will lose jobs’, etc
Other inscriptions read ‘Chevron has contributed immensely to Onne economic and social development’, ‘Chevron is community friendly’, and so on.
Speaking to newsmen, the Onne Youths President, Tobiah Tete, explained that the protest was a passionate appeal to Chevron not to leave the community, pointing out that the information they received was misleading.
Tete, however, said issues of disturbances in the community were a thing of the past since the present youth executive under his leadership came on board, assuring that they would liaise with the relevant stakeholders to ensure the company operates there unhindered.
