Shell Petroleum Development of Nigeria Limited and Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company Limited remitted $142.5m to the Niger Delta Development Commission in 2023.
A statement by Shell Nigeria’s Manager, Media Communications and NGO Relations, Mr Bamidele Odugbesan, disclosed that SPDC paid $112.5m while SNEPCo remitted $30m, compared to $59.04m by SPDC and $20.73m by SNEPCo in 2022.
He noted that the contributions came from the Shell companies on behalf of themselves and their respective partners—the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited; TotalEnergies, EP Nigeria Limited; NAOC; and Esso Exploration and Production Nigeria Limited—as statutory contributions to the interventionist agency.
SPDC Director and Country Head of Corporate Relations, Igo Weli, said the company’s support for NDDC was part of its aspirations for the development of the Niger Delta, which had also seen a wide range of social investments, including health and education.
