Friends of the Earth: Anger as Shell Rejects Nigerian $1.5 Billion Compensation Order: “Shell’s behaviour in Nigeria is disgraceful. This vast company claims to be a leader in corporate responsibility but its legacy in Nigeria will scar the country for decades to come.”
Aug 31 2004
1 September 04
The oil giant Shell is challenging the authority of the Nigerian Senate by rejecting an order to pay compensation of $1.5 billion to communities in the Niger Delta affected by oil pollution. In an advertisement published in Nigerian newspapers yesterday and today [1], the Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC) claims the Senate failed to follow “due process” in imposing the fine, announced last week.
Friends of the Earth Nigeria reacted angrily to the advertisement, saying it showed that the oil giant was yet again trying to avoid facing up to its responsibilities to the local communities.