THE CONTRIBUTION OF OIL COMPANIES TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF PORT HARCOURT LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND OGONI LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS IN RIVER STATE
ABSTRACT
The aim of this research is to contribute to a clear understanding of the area of contribution in development of host communities and also articulate the different views and opinion of the issue. Again to identify the problem uncounted by the oil companies and also in pursuance of its contribution to the communities and finally to suggest ways to improving on its contribution in developing communities.
Chapter one deals with background of the study of introduction and some of the oil companies contributions to their host communities.
Chapter two literature review and total of oil companies that are involved in the study and the problem encounter by the oil companies from their communities chapter three is the major research method adopted it includes personal interview observation structural question and a review of periodical journals magazines and bulletins.
The finding of the contribution investigate that oil companies in river state respond to social needs employee needs, and organizations goals.
Chapter four deals with the analysis of data obtained from the filed of research and also we concluded that oil companies should be responsible and contribute to its surrounding communities.
Chapter five is concerned with the findings conclusion and recommendations arrived at a comprehensive list of all text and authorities consulted in the process of this research are listed the bibliography above is the sample of the questionnaire
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
The idea of oil companies contributing to some of he host communities particularly Port Harcourt and Ogoni local government area is perhaps the most current development in Nigeria.
Most oil companies have an obligation to the host communities in which they live and operate and also a responsibility to the others who live in the society with them like the farmer who must put back into the ground minerals he takes out in crops. The oil companies should patronize back the communities in which they operate because their activities produce negative externalities destroying vegetation and aquatic lives causing environment pollution and discomfort. It is recommended that they should invest in social projects such as hospitals school etc to compensate the inheritants, if they expect the communities to work with them the concept of contributions of communizes to consider their acts with the frame work of the whole social system for instance a contribution to an academic institution. Is to provide the communities with educated elites in the future. The contribution of giving represent policy such investment in part has these mineral resources.
Oil companies cannot exist in a vaccum, isolation or an empty space. It exists in an environment in the communities which is dynamic and ever changing. The environment is an aggregate of the demographic social economic political technological and ecological condition that influences an organization.
These communities provide resources and limitation and determine opportunities open to threats that can be faced many Nigera oil companies NAOC, NNPC shell B.P and ELF OR companies have to contribute to educational development fund, supplying the tertiary institution with book and bursary award to those host communities while other go beyond more donation to the monumental project in aid of huger education still other oil companies make scholarship award to some individual in the host communities in which they operate while others donate money and materials to victims of natural disaster like fold desert encroachment and oil pollutions.
Forever, some other companies sponsor in supporting event particularly swimming lawn tension squash and badminton still others sponsor state and nation discordancing completions.
The researcher nonetheless observed that oil companies in have accepted some of these responsibilities as part of their policy guidelines.
