The
host community to the Oil Mining Lease (OML) 29 has opposed the intention of
the federal government to sell the oil block to interested buyers.
Anglo
Dutch oil giant, Shell, has been offering several of its onshore oil assets for
sale to interested buyers as part of global divestment strategy.
However,
the host community to OML 29, Nembe Bassambiri, Bayelsa State, in a position
paper on Tuesday, said it rejected any purported divestment or sale by the
Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC), Nigerian Agip
Oil Company Limited (NAOC) and
