The Chief of Staff, Government House, Asaba, Festus Goziem Okubor, has proposed Host Community (Hostcom) partnership as a panacea to ending feud between government, oil companies and host communities where oil and gas are explored.
Okubor gave the advice when executive members of Host Communities of Nigerian oil and gas production (Hostcom), Delta State chapter, visited him at his Boji-Boji, Owa, Agbor home to express appreciation to him for the role he played in building bridge between them, oil companies and the state government.
Okubor said the time has come for these bodies to think about establishing a relationship that will help achieve sustainable development of the oil industry and improve the economic base.
“I believe that the concept hosting partners must be explored for lasting peace for the benefit of all stakeholders within our state and the oil industry.
“This concept envisages that the oil companies, the government and the communities where the economic activities are taking place must readjust their mindsets, and begin to see themselves as partners in the same business.
“Government must see itself as a partner in the business because it is from that business that it gets its funds for providing services to her people. The oil companies must see themselves as partners because it is from the activities in our state that they make their profits for their shareholders and their workers.
“The communities must, therefore, necessarily see themselves as partners. Partners that will benefit from the profits of the business, partners who, because of the benefits they will get from the profits of the business, will see the need for them to protect the business,” Okubor said.
He argued that seeing themselves as economic partners will engender the needed enabling environment that will provoke advice on best practices, ideas in corporate social responsibility of the organisation.
He added that as partners, it is imperative to understand that the businesses will provide employment and, therefore, economic salvation for the good and development of society.
Okubor gave the advice when executive members of Host Communities of Nigerian oil and gas production (Hostcom), Delta State chapter, visited him at his Boji-Boji, Owa, Agbor home to express appreciation to him for the role he played in building bridge between them, oil companies and the state government.
Okubor said the time has come for these bodies to think about establishing a relationship that will help achieve sustainable development of the oil industry and improve the economic base.
“I believe that the concept hosting partners must be explored for lasting peace for the benefit of all stakeholders within our state and the oil industry.
“This concept envisages that the oil companies, the government and the communities where the economic activities are taking place must readjust their mindsets, and begin to see themselves as partners in the same business.
“Government must see itself as a partner in the business because it is from that business that it gets its funds for providing services to her people. The oil companies must see themselves as partners because it is from the activities in our state that they make their profits for their shareholders and their workers.
“The communities must, therefore, necessarily see themselves as partners. Partners that will benefit from the profits of the business, partners who, because of the benefits they will get from the profits of the business, will see the need for them to protect the business,” Okubor said.
He argued that seeing themselves as economic partners will engender the needed enabling environment that will provoke advice on best practices, ideas in corporate social responsibility of the organisation.
He added that as partners, it is imperative to understand that the businesses will provide employment and, therefore, economic salvation for the good and development of society.
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