Half N*ked women protest against Shell in Bayelsa! [PHOTO]

Hundreds of half-n*de women in Peremabiri community in Bayelsa
State, Niger Delta, yesterday, staged a protest against non-
implementation of an existing agreement by Shell.
The women disrupted movement of workers into the oil platforms and
boat houses operated by Shell in the area, alleging non-implementation
of the memorandum of understanding Shell entered into with the
community.

NastyGist.Com Observed That The protesting women tied red cloth to block the entrance to the oil
platform located within the community.
They further alleged that Shell had failed to redeem the two-year-old
promise to replace a faulty community generator, renovate existing
community school and provide potable water for its host community.
Some of the women carried placards with various inscriptions such as
-Shell: Give us Light-, 'Implement MoU or go', 'We need water,
Light, School for our children' among others.
The protesters claimed that the oil firm had adopted delay tactics to
avoid providing the amenities which they said were time-bound.
Reacting to the development, the spokesman for Shell Petroleum
Development Company, SPDC, Precious Okolobo, urged the aggrieved
women to adopt the spelt-out channel of addressing their grievances.
'The SPDC has continued to work with the Peremabiri community on
the implementation of the MoU in their area. The MoU model has
provision for addressing grievances.'
On the broken down generator at Peremabiri, Okolobo said SPDC
procured a new set that is being transported to the area for installation
and commissioning.
He said the set was twice the capacity of the bad one, and would be
commissioned as soon as possible.
'The Bayelsa State Government and MoU Cluster Development Board
are aware of the situation and are engaging the Community
Development Committee, Okolobo said.
Nigeria is one of the world's major oil producers, but the oil-
producing Niger Delta region remains one of the country's poorest
and least developed regions.