By Emma Ogoigbe- Warri
The General Manager, Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL) Mr. Olusoga Oduselu, has reaffirmed that the company under its Corporate Social Responsibility, ( CSR) is committed to sustainable host communities’ development in line with the Petroleum Industrial Act.
According to him, ” CNL seeks to make human investment that delivers long-term transformative returns. This is achieved through our Nigerian content development activities. In Nigeria, Chevron supports Nigerian content development by providing employment to Nigerians, and contract opportunities in all our projects up to annual over $1 billion.”
Mr. Oduselu, General Manager, Corporate Affairs, who was represented by Akintola Shaheed Praise, said this yesterday, during the Chevron Nigeria Limited one -day media capacity building programme with journalists at the press center donated by High Chief Government Ekpemupolo in Warri, Delta state.
Oduselu said human capital development remained central to the company’s operations.
He noted that since the inception of the annual media training, Chevron had trained about 400 journalists across the country. The 2025 edition, which began in Abuja and Lagos in July, continued this week in Warri in collaboration with the NUJ Correspondents’ Chapel.
Oduselu commended the media for their vital role in shaping public opinion and fostering accountability in the oil and gas industry.
He assured that Chevron would continue to support capacity building for journalists to strengthen professional standards.
Highlighting earlier interventions, he recalled the Advanced Writing and Reporting Skills (AWARES) programme pioneered by Chevron in 2014 with Pan Atlantic University, Lagos. More than 120 journalists have benefitted from the initiative.
He noted that such programmes were designed to equip reporters with advanced skills while deepening long-term partnerships with media stakeholders.
On community development, Oduselu said Chevron had invested billions of naira through its Global Memorandum of Understanding (GMoU) model, which had delivered hundreds of projects across host communities since 2005.
He revealed that following the enactment of the Petroleum Industry Act in 2021, the company had transitioned to the Host Community Development Trusts (HCDTs) to sustain growth and engagement in its areas of operation.
Oduselu pointed to the Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND), Chevron’s flagship social investment vehicle, which, he said, had empowered hundreds of lives through economic and social development programmes.
Members of the Nigerian Union of Journalists ( NUJ) thanked the Chevron Nigeria Limited through their state chairman and Warri NUJ chairman, Mr. Churchill Oyowe and Mr. Okies Veeky. In their separate speeches, they commended Chevron for their media -friendly activities and urged them to continue the good media relationship through collaboration to enable the reporters have a first hand information about their operations to report effectively about their organisation and activities in Nigeria.
