AS impact of Coronavirus crashes global oil prices to record low, Egi People, host to Oil Mining Lease (OML) 58 in Rivers state have appealed to Total Exploration and Production (Total E&P), operator of the OML not to quit even if the business was no longer profitable.
HRM Prof Anele U Nwokoma, Eze Egi III (Eze Ogba Ukwu) of Ogbaland, made the appeal Wednesday at Obite, Ogba Egbema Ndoni Local Government Area, where Total E&P delivered 6000 tubers of yam, 800 bags of rice and 3050 cartons of indomie as food palliatives to the Egi People.
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Onyekachi Omenuko, Deputy General Manager, Public Affairs and Communication, Total E&P, had told the monarch and his people that the oil giant which had earlier delivered medical supplies for containment of Covid-19 to health facilities in Egi remains committed to the progress of its hosts even as it struggles to stay afloat.
