Chevron Nigeria Limited will take deliberate actions in ensuring that the country attains its net zero carbon emission goal by 2060,iCommunications Manager, Chevron Nigeria and Mid-Africa, Mr Victor Anyaegbudike, has said .
He spoke at the Nigerian-American Chamber of Commerce (NACC) breakfast meeting in Lagos,where he also revealed that Chevron had taken steps before Nigeria’s decade of gas declaration which resulted in achieving a 95 per cent reduction of gas flaring for environmental sustainability.
He explained that gas which would have been flared was now being gathered through a pipeline for purification and commercialisation purposes.
“Chevron has done a lot to reduce gas flaring and it is impacting the communities to achieve 100 per cent zero flaring soon and stop the associated health hazards,” he said.
He said that Chevron through its social investments programme would continue to effectively impact environmental, community and policy matters.
According to him, the company’s Global Memorandum of Understanding continued to provide a sustainable approach to stakeholders’ engagement, conflict resolution, reputation management and peacebuilding.
He added that the company has achieved 16 years of community development, with over 400 communities impacted and over 600,000 beneficiaries,adding that it was at the forefront of fighting HIV/AIDS and was very committed to the highest standard of environmental conservation practices in Nigeria and throughout its global operations.
In her remarks,NACC President, Dame Adebola Williams, said that Chevron had for several decades operated successfully as a joint venture partner with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation for onshore and offshore operations particularly in Niger Delta.
She said that the company had partnered the United States Agency for International Development and the Niger Delta Partnership Initiative (NDPI) to address socioeconomic challenges in the Niger Delta region.
“The Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta is also incorporated in Nigeria to implement and support the programmes. In 2014, Chevron committed an additional $40 million in funding to the NDPI through 2019. Thus, Chevron has contributed significantly in its past and existing social investment efforts by focusing on one strategic objective; achieving a peaceful, enabling environment for equitable growth, particularly in the Niger Delta as well as human capacity building initiatives for Nigerians as a whole,” she said.
