Gwamnatin tarayyar Nijeriya ta amince da sayar da da’arar Shell ta onshore da shallow-water ga kamfanin Renaissance Consortium, wanda ya kai dala biliyan 2.4. Wannan mu’amala, wanda aka sanar a watan Janairu 2024, ya hada da kungiyar kamfanoni biyar na gida na waje.
Kamfanin Renaissance, wanda ya hada da ND Western, Aradel Energy, First E&P, Waltersmith, da Petrolin, ya samu amincewar ministaran man fetur na Nijeriya bayan tsawon lokaci na tashin hankali. A da, mu’amalar ta kasa aikin aikin a watan Oktoba saboda rashin amincewar hukumar kula da man fetur na Æ™asa (NUPRC), wanda ya nuna wasu masu shakku game da ikon gudanarwa na kudi na kamfanin Renaissance.
Mu’amalar ta marka wani babban mataki a tarihin masana’antar man fetur ta Nijeriya, inda kamfanoni gida ke É—aukar jagoranci a fannin. Sayar da da’arar Shell za ta taimaka wajen Æ™ara ayyukan man fetur na Æ™asa, musamman a yankunan onshore da shallow-water.
Kungiyar kare hakkin dan Adam, Amnesty International, ta yi adawa da mu’amalar ta, tana neman ayyana wasu hanyoyin kare hakkin dan Adam kafin a ci gaba da ita. Amma, a yanzu haka, kamfanin Shell ya karbi sanarwar amincewar gwamnati kuma tana kimanta ta.
