New Telegraph 
Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, has implored Oando Energy Resources Nigeria Limited, which recently acquired the Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC), to accept the liabilities and not just the assets of the oil firm it bought over.
Governor Diri said this was the only way to end the frosty relationship between the former company and its host communities. The Bayelsa governor stated this on Thursday during the courtesy visit of the management team of Oando Energy to Government House, Yenagoa, the state capital.
A statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Daniel Alabrah, quoted the governor as calling on the Oando management to right the wrongs of the divested company by addressing issues of employment, contractual benefits, security jobs and environmental pollution.
The Bayelsa helmsman advised the company to avoid the ugly incident associated with another oil firm operating in the state that is in court with the government over an oil spill dispute in Nembe Local Government Area of the state.
Diri noted that multinational companies that shy away from corporate social responsibility end up as bad business managers, which in the long run result in a crisis between them and their host communities.
He also stated that indigenes that qualify to work in the oil firm should not only be considered for the lower ranks but should also be part of the management.
He said: “Let me congratulate you for being found worthy, having concluded the processes of acquiring all the assets of the Nigerian Agip Oil Company. But be reminded that you have not only acquired the assets. You have also acquired the liabilities.
