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 ƙasa (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 ɗaukar jagoranci a fannin. Sayar da da’arar Shell za ta taimaka wajen ƙara ayyukan man fetur na ƙasa, 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.
