Shell pays farmers R272 million for oil damage, despite not confessing guilt
International oil company Shell will pay €15 million (R272 million) to three Nigerian farmers and their villages in Niger Delta.
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International oil company Shell will pay €15 million (R272 million) to three Nigerian farmers and their villages in Niger Delta.
The farmers say they can now build up their communities once again after the environmental damage.
Shell says it'll pay €15 million to communities in Nigeria that were affected by multiple oil pipeline leaks in the country's Niger Delta...
Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) has expressed its willingness to pay €15 million, equivalent to N7,109,824,809 to communities in Nigeria that were affected by multiple oil pipeline leaks in the country’s Niger Delta region. This was stated in a release on Friday by the company. The award is the result of a Dutch court case filed by Friends of the Earth, an international network of 73 environmental organisations. Shell was sued by four farmers in 2008 for oil spills in their villages: Goi, Oruma, and Ikot Ada Udo.
Shell, an international energy company, has accepted to pay €15 million compensation to three Nigerian farmers and their villages in Niger Delta.