Performance Analysis of Community Development Activities Of Two Multi-National Oil Companies In Rivers State, Southern Nigeria

Abstract

A study was undertaken to analyse the involvement of two oil companies (NAOC and TOTAL E and P Nigeria Limited) in the development of their host communities in Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area of Rivers State, Nigeria. The study areas were purposively divided  into four (4) zones and random sampling technique was used to selected eighty (80) farmers, fifty (50) extension workers and ten (10) administrative staff of the two oil companies that participated in the study. The respondents were interviewed, using a structured questionnaire, and data collected were analysed with percentages, mean scores and t-test. The study identified water scheme (90.0%), educational scholarships (82.5%) and rural electrification (80.0%) for NAOC and water scheme (75.0%), rural electrification (67.5%) and communication roads (57.5%) for TOTAL E and P as Community Development Programmes (CDPs) executed in the areas. Also, the study established that among all the CDPs implemented by these two companies, only pond fishing (2.74), water scheme (3.37) and road network (2.52) had a positive impact on the socio-economic lives of the people. Furthermore, it identified communication roads (3.17), rural electrification (3.21) and water scheme (3.38) as the effective CDPs in the study area. It was then recommended that NAOC and TOTAL E & P should actively involve the grassroot farmers/community representatives in their community needs identification, project selection and implementation to foster people oriented project development.

Keynote: Performance, Community Development Activities,  Multi-national oil companies