Umthombo: Aljazeera
Inkantolo yaseDutch iyalele inkampani yaseNigeria yakwaShell ukuthi ikhokhe isinxephezelo ngokuchitheka kukawoyela e-Niger Delta yaseNigeria, okuyisinqumo esingase sivule indlela yokwanda kwamacala abhekene nezinkampani zikawoyela zamazwe ngamazwe.
INkantolo yokuDluliswa kwamaCala eThe Hague ngoLwesihlanu ikhiphe isinqumo sokuthi uphiko lwaseNigeria lwenkampani yaseBrithani namaDashi kumele lukhiphe izinkokhelo ecaleni lecala eselidonse isikhathi eside elithinta abalimi abane baseNigeria ababefuna isinxephezelo, kanye nokuhlanza, enkampanini mayelana nokungcola. okubangelwa ukuvuza kwamapayipi kawoyela.
Ithweswe icala inkampani engaphansi kwe-Shell yaseNigeria ngokuvuza okubili okwakhafula uwoyela endaweni enengqikithi yezinkundla zebhola ezibalelwa ku-60 ezigodini ezimbili, yathi ngeke kutholakale โngokungangabazekiโ ukuthi yibo ababecekela phansi abantu.
Inkantolo yokudluliswa kwamacala eHague inqume ukuthi ukucekelwa phansi kwempahla yikona okuyimbangela yokuvuza kukawoyela kwesinye isigodi.
Kodwa-ke ithe udaba lokuthi uShell ungaba necala โlisavuliweโ futhi icala lisazoqhubeka njengoba inkantolo ifuna ukucaciselwa ngezinga lokungcola nokuthi kusafanele kuhlanzwe yini.
Ngaphansi komthetho waseNigeria, owasetshenziswa ecaleni lomphakathi wase-Dutch, inkampani ayinasibopho uma ukuvuza kube umphumela wokucekela phansi.
"IShell Nigeria igwetshwe ukunxephezela abalimi ngamademeshe," kusho inkantolo esinqumweni sayo, esingadluliswa eNkantolo eNkulu yaseDutch.
Inani lesinxephezelo lizotholakala ngokuhamba kwesikhathi. Inkantolo ayizange icacise ukuthi bangaki abalimi abane abazothola isinxephezelo.
Inkantolo ayizange ibeke icala ngqo inkampani engabazali bakwaShell, ezinze eNetherlands.
Kodwa-ke, inqume ukuthi inkampani engumzali wakwaShell kanye nenkampani engaphansi kwayo yaseNigeria kumele bafake uhlelo lokubona ukuvuza epayipini elidale ukuchitheka okukodwa.
U-Ahmed Idris we-Al Jazeera, ebika enhlokodolobha yaseNigeria, i-Abuja, uthe lesi sinqumo sizokwamukelwa โngokukhululeka nangenjabuloโ abalimi baseNigeria futhi โsingavula amasango ezikhukhulaโ kwamanye amacala amaningi afanayo.
"Amakhulu abantu amise ujenga ukuyomangalela igobolondo ngokungcolisa iNiger Delta," kusho u-Idris, ecaphuna amacala abekwe uShell e-UK naseNetherlands.
โNgikhulume nesishoshovu esikhathini esifushane esedlule esathi, 'Lesi kuseyisiqalo nje', futhi abahlaziyi abaningi bakholelwa ukuthi [isinqumo] sizovula amasango ezinkantolo ezimangalela izinkampani ezikhiqiza uwoyela ebezisebenza eNigeria. .โ
'Izinyembezi zenjabulo'
Icala laqalwa ngo-2008 abalimi kanye neqembu lomkhankaso we-Friends of the Earth, ababefuna ukunxeshezelwa ngemali elahlekile evela emhlabeni ongcolile nemizila yamanzi esifundeni sase-Niger Delta, isizinda semboni kawoyela yaseNigeria.
Ukuchitheka okuthintekayo kwakuphakathi kuka-2004 no-2007, kodwa ukungcoliswa kwamapayipi kawoyela avuzayo kuseyinkinga enkulu e-Niger Delta.
โIzinyembezi zenjabulo lapha. Ngemuva kweminyaka engu-13, sesinqobile,โ kusho igatsha laseDashi le-Friends of the Earth kuTwitter kulandela isinqumo sangoLwesihlanu.
U-Donald Pols, inhloko yegatsha le-NGO yase-Dutch, uchaze isinqumo senkantolo โnjengezindaba ezimnandi ngezemvelo kanye nabantu abahlala emazweni asathuthukaโ.
"Kusho ukuthi abantu emazweni asathuthuka bangakwazi ukubhekana nezizwe eziningi ezibalimazayo," esho.
AbakwaShell baphikisa ngokuthi ama-samoteur yibona abavuza amapayipi kawoyela angaphansi komhlaba angcolise i-delta. Le nkampani iphinde yaphikisa ngokuthi akufanele ithweswe icala ngokusemthethweni eNetherlands ngezenzo zenkampani yangaphandle, okusho ukuthi iShell Nigeria.
"Kusho ukuthi abantu emazweni asathuthuka bangakwazi ukubhekana nezizwe eziningi ezibalimazayo," esho.
AbakwaShell baphikisa ngokuthi ama-samoteur yibona abavuza amapayipi kawoyela angaphansi komhlaba angcolise i-delta. Le nkampani iphinde yaphikisa ngokuthi akufanele ithweswe icala ngokusemthethweni eNetherlands ngezenzo zenkampani yangaphandle, okusho ukuthi iShell Nigeria.
Ngemuva kwalesi sinqumo, uShell uthe usaqhubeka nokukholelwa ukuthi ukuchitheka kwalesi sigameko kudalwe ukucekelwa phansi kwempahla, wengeza ngokuthi kuphoxekile ukuthi uxhaso lwayo lwaseNigeria - iShell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC) - igwetshwe njengephutha.
"Sidumele ngokuthi le nkantolo ithole okuhlukile ngembangela yalokhu kuchitheka nasekutholeni ukuthi i-SPDC inecala," kusho isitatimende senkampani.
Inkampani engaphansi kweNigeria yengeze ngokuthi: โNjengazo zonke izinkampani eziqhutshwa ngabakwaShell emhlabeni wonke, sizibophezele ekusebenzeni ngokuphepha nokuvikela indawo yendawo.โ
UShell wathola futhi waqala ukuxhaphaza izinqolobane zikawoyela eziningi zaseNigeria ngasekupheleni kwawo-1950 futhi uye wabhekana nokugxekwa okukhulu kwezishoshovu kanye nokweqiwa kwemiphakathi yendawo kanye nobudlelwane obuseduze benkampani namasosha kahulumeni.
I-Friends of the Earth, eyeseka abalimi baseNigeria empini yabo yezomthetho, ithi amapayipi avuzayo abangelwa ukunganakekelwa kahle kanye nokungavikeleki ngokwanele nokuthi abakwaShell abenzi okwanele ukuhlanza okuchithekile.
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