Oando Plc Favour Ifeoluwa & Akinola Ajibade Oando Plc says it has completed and won the bid for the operatorship of oil block KON 13 in Angola. The firm which recently acquired Eni of Italy’s oil assets in Nigeria, said that the award of the oil block located in Angola’s onshore Kwanza Basin followed a competitive bidding process by the country’s oil and gas sector regulator. It further said hat the asset in which it owns 45 per cent participating interest, has estimated prospective resources of 770 to 1,100 million barrels of oil. Oando is handling its operations relating to the asset through its upstream subsidiary, Oando Energy Resources (OER). “Oando Plc, Africa’s leading indigenous energy solutions provider listed on both the Nigerian Exchange Limited and Johannesburg Stock Exchange is pleased to announce that its upstream subsidiary, Oando Energy Resources (OER), has been awarded operatorship of Block KON 13 in Angola’s Onshore Kwanza Basin, following a...
By Akinola Ajibade
A Non-Profit Organisation( NGO) is set to present a documentary on women, with a view enable Nigerians and other nationals know the effects of extractive industries on their well being.
Part of the activities of the extractive sector include production of metals, minerals, oil among others.
Titled: Earth Women, the documentary aimed at bringing the problems of women living around extractive industries to awareness and further provide solutions to them.
Known as Corporate Social Responsibility ( CRS-In-Action) an owned by Ford Foundation, the organisation is about to present a 30-minute drama on effects of mining, oil exploration and other activities on women, who are living close to those companies
Also included in the documentary are issues such as Gender- Based Violence (GBV),discrimination, oppression, health and safety, rape, prostitution, economic disadvantage, and other challenges faced by women in artisanal mining and exploration.
Its Chief Executive, Bekeme Masade-Olowola in a statement signed and sent to the News Mirror, yesterday, said that women are among the most vulnerable in the sector,adding that the need to proffer solutions to the problems is critical to their growth
She said; ' Women are often the worst victims of the adverse effects of mining and oil and gas exploration, but their stories have remained largely untold because their voices are often silenced in male-dominated societies,”
According to Olowola,it took the firm almost two years to conduct research navigate the terrains on how to bring their views to the world through a documentary.
"As an African woman and reformer, I embrace my calling to use storytelling to bring focus to issues that matter to us most in Africa. No one but us must tell those stories in our own voice”.she added.
Also, an award winning film maker, Dolapo Adeleke said the documentary would bring about great developments for women and the society in particular.
“There are disturbing revelations and eerie tales told by the women who live in communities where extractive industries are located and faced both generational marginalisation and discrimination. This docudrama unearths their struggles and aimed at highlighting important issues that have continued to plague women and children even in these supposed modern times.”said Adeleke.
She said that CRS-In -Action, as part of the documentary, would host the third world communities and Human Rights (CAHR) Awards soon.
The awards, she added, were meant to honour individuals and organisations, who have played a role in the entrenchment of social justice and community development in Africa
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