The
project was donated by the Nigerian Agip
Oil Company and its joint venture partners, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and Oando Oil Limited.
Speaking
during the commissioning of the facility in Twon Brass, Bayelsa State, Rotondi
said women and children are the most disadvantaged in economic empowerment,
stressing that as a gender sensitive company, the project was carefully endowed
to the women with the aim of boosting their income generation capacity and
ultimately improve their standard of living.
Rotondi,
represented by the Stakeholders Management and Community Development Division
Manager of the Company, Dennis Masi, expressed hope that the
gesture would provide employment opportunities for the women and strengthen the
existing cordial relationship between the people, NAOC and its joint venture partners.
He
said: “The cold room was implemented under Nigerian Agip Oil Company and its JV
Partners’ Social Project Initiative which ensures the implementation of
socially beneficial and sustainable project in its areas of operation.
Also
speaking, the Chief Executive Officer, Oando Energy Resources, Mr. Pade Durotoye, represented by the
Community Relations Manager, Samuel
Onyenwe, said the provision of the Cold Room was a response to a clarion
call by the Federal Government on the need to diversify from oil and gas to
substitute means of livelihood.
He
said: “With the project, we are on the
right track to changing the narrative of Brass community fishery. The State of
the art cold room facility will ensure products from the community are
preserved for ease of distribution along the supply chain, which in turn will
positively impact the economy of our state”
Durotoye
expressed hope that the project would place Twon Brass on the map as a fishery
export and self sustaining community. He regretted that the country’s
agricultural products especially in the riverine areas often times do not make
it to the cities where the demand is high due to poor infrastructure to
preserve the commodities.
He
said the situation has further reduced the ability for the country’s
agricultural commodities to compete in the international market. Durotoye
however, hoped that the cold room facility would usher Twon Brass and the
nation to greater height.
Also
speaking, the Caretaker Committee Chairman, Brass Local Government, Victor Isaiah, represented by the
Senior Administrative Officer of the Council, Otonte Iyabi, commended NAOC and its JV Partners for not abandoning
the project and rated the Company high in meeting its Corporate Social
responsibilities towards the Community.
On her
part, Her Royal Majesty Dr. Josephine
Diete Spiff, the Queen of Twon Brass, applauded the company and its JV
Partners for being the first to provide the women of Twon Brass a sustainable
means of livelihood, which according to her, the Cold Room will empower the
women economically. She promised that the women would make good use of the
facility as it would better their lives.
The
highpoint of the ceremony was the honouring of the Managing Director,
NAOC/AENR/NAOC, Mr. Massimo Insulla,
with the award of an Outstanding Excellent Award of Honour by Twon Brass women
for his continuous support to the growth and success of Twon Brass Women in
particular and Twon Brass kingdom as a whole. (Guardian)
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