If the oil companies actually had to actually pay the total bill they would end up giving more money back then they eaned in the first place, so yeah their assests should just be seized untill EVERYTHING is cleaned up ;-) So I mean cleaning up the enviroment, paying for replanting lost vegatation and replacing lost animals(and yeah projects for repopulating all the wildlife would cost a whole lot, and such things have never been done before), paying for the local ppls loss in income and sulfsustainance(fish, agriculture, EVEN CLEAN WATER), etc, etc, etc... If you'd really charge them a cost for every single bit of harm they've done, they'll have nothing left and their great-great-great-grandchildren would still be paying off debts :-p
How it likely went down: Shell Executive: “How much to drill in these lands?” Nigerian dictator: “5 BILLION dollars.” Shell Exec: “Fair enough. Fair enough.” Nigerian dictator: “And make sure you don’t spill oil everywhere! I want strict environmental controls and a promise to clean the area if you damage it!” Shell Exec: “Well we don’t want to do all that… How does 10 billion dollars sound? And you just deal with that yourself.” Nigerian dictator: “… Perfect.” The sad truth of the matter is that the oil companies aren’t the ONLY ones to blame when this stuff happens. They went to these places to extract oil and paid a certain amount to be able to do so. That money they paid to the Nigerian state should have- if there was a responsible government in charge- gone to relocating people in the surrounding region ethically. Lots of government projects require people to be moved so that they’re safe while the project occurs. The money the government receives should have gone to helping its people. Educating them. Relocating them. Helping them to utilize their great oil wealth, so that one day in the future the Nigerians could just nationalize all the oil companies and put their own educated citizens in charge… like all the Gulf states did in the ‘70s. But corruption destroys nations. Money that should’ve gone to helping Nigerians went into the pockets of the men in charge. Oil companies never really had an obligation to the people of areas they’re extracting oil from. They should. There should be someone in there who says “Is what we’re doing right for the people here?” But that’s not their objective. Their objective is to sell oil. It’s a people’s government that has the objective above all else to help its people. And in that case, the Nigerian government failed its people. The “King” who complains about it in this video, failed his people when they made no regulations against the oil companies before the extraction went on. They failed their people in every way, and now they want to blame the oil companies and call them all “murderers” like they weren’t complicit in every step of the process, and like their pockets weren’t lined as well. It’s still the oil companies’ fault, but corrupt Nigerian politicians should be the target of far more of the blame. No one wants to think that they’re to blame though. Their own people. Easier to blame someone else.
@@KennyNGA No it's not. Nigeria is home to several feudal tyrants who fancy themselves chieftains, warlords and kings, who all steal oil and demand bribes, then blame Shell for not cleaning up the mess the feudal tyrants made.
These countries are so weak they can barely police the rural areas. Easy for Shell to 'loosen safety' when there's no one around to inspect it. Sad but true
@@user-dc1dr9kr8x yes cause they can't use any other leverage over the government like debt or actually needed investments.....you people seem confused how much money and influence over international institutions these multinationals have...fun fact Canadian mining companies successfully lobbied the IMF to withhold loans to the newly apartheid free South Africa because they wanted to nationalize their mining sector which would of seen those Canadians companies lose their mining profits.
oil money bought corrupt leadership, so the blame is still on the oilcompanies... And bribery is an illegal action isnt it??? Really respectable buisness
How about the gov stopping thiefs from tapping in to the pipes and causing spills? Shell is a terrible company but this isnt just on them. Maybe they can start putting the pipelines 2 meters umderground
They need to be sued by every country affected and countries all stand together to say the standards they need to upkeep to operate in there countries, bribery should be a straight ban, the issue is of the regulators are being bribed that’s also an issue that needs to be solved, corruption has to be rooted out or it will continue.. also to say they do behave this way in there country of origin if you even look at water companies in the uk they regularly flush waste into the rivers farming company’s dispose of animal fecies that way too. Sadly there are a lot of companies that do what they want when they want
Leftwingers in the Netherlands sabotaged a plan to abolish the double taxation through taxing dividents, the dividendbelasting. As a result of this broken promise and the double tax paid over corporate income, while the UK has a better tax situation, both Shell and Unilever formally left the Netherlands, destroying thousands of jobs in the process. Thanks leftwingers.
I'm sorry, not so sorry. Do you really think that compensations,giving money, solves this problem? The soil and water remains contaminated! Let them clean up the whole area and let then them pay compensations for poisoning people and for the loss of income!! Ask the US how they handled a environmental activist in court, where a US oil giant made up a case and ruled over him and not the US (in-)justice system! Oil giants have all the power,no justice for people!
RUSSIAN FOREST FIRES: This year we can study, what a forest fire does to Permafrost. There will be Huge explosions, because Permafrost in Russia, is known to act as a barrier for Gas in the soil.
It used to be co-owned, but Shell (and Unilever) recently left the Netherlands as a result of leftwingers breaking a promises to abolish a double-tax on dividents. Which given that they moved to the UK, the only-ever country to impose economic sanctions on itself, that's saying something about how pissed they are at the Dutch government. 😆
Its like blaming the victim for being scammed. Who is most responsible is who was must aware and who took decisions. It like blaming the victim for being raped forcefully. Those companies knew, they were very aware about the consequences of exploiting the natural resources, The government was also complicit, ordinary people lack a certain awareness and responsibility. So why blaming victims, maybe its because there is a form of entitlement, and self centeredness.
You start with a good analogy, but then you end up blaming the victim companies whose pipelines constantly get destroyed by locals, which causes the leaks. Why do you blame the victims, and not the people who actually break the pipelines and cause the pollution?
There's another can of worms to open. Just search Nigeria oil theft on the internet and you'd see how serious the issue is. It's easier to portrait a simple story and pick the soft target. You can negotiate some compensations from the oil companies, but you can't negotiate compensations with the militant, corrupt government officials and petty theives.
@@williamlai29 uuuhh, chinese companies are well known to cut corners. If you wanna see how an chinese oil compamy would act in africa just look up what chinese mining companies are doing in africa
This bayelsa issue is something else. Sad these companies are still able to get away with the abuse. Bayelsa is highly polluted but Nigerian government has a big role to play. Thank God for this king doing that which is right
So if I act like the local feudal lordlings and warlords in Nigeria, I come to your house and break the windows, you are then to blame for broken glass laying around? Because that's the idiotic logic behind blaming oil companies for the spillages caused by locals breaking pipelines to steal oil and get rich.
Senegalese Teranga lions cubs crowned champions of Africa after their victory over Morocco in the final of the tournament held in Algeria and this Senegalese ball jumps a qualitative leap in the recent period, especially after the coronation of the lions in the last edition of the seniors
God who has provided, being an eternal Being, the blessings of God should be the pledge of human hope. Here is an example of a failure, because, they supposed to have heard the Good News. But the result of the deeds do not look good.
USA has been a problem globally along with European countries inc UK. LAST THING THEY NEED US 'HELPING' AGAIN ! ! ! H Ave you not heard of the war with Biafra put down and paid for by oil companies.
USA's politicians are just as corrupt as those in Nigeria or Congo, they just put more effort in pretending they aren't ;-) Dont use the word democracy untill corruption is eradicated from the top levels ;-) Its just a bunch of corporate suit politicians doing what's best for their friends corporate suit politicians... Point me to the last president YOU think is the last true 'representative of the PEOPLE' :-p I know, but it's a whole while back ;-)
Greed, pure greed, is driving people to destroy this planet.
Greed from pirates and the government.
This kind of pollution is unacceptable! Responsible parties should be held accountable
If the oil companies actually had to actually pay the total bill they would end up giving more money back then they eaned in the first place, so yeah their assests should just be seized untill EVERYTHING is cleaned up ;-) So I mean cleaning up the enviroment, paying for replanting lost vegatation and replacing lost animals(and yeah projects for repopulating all the wildlife would cost a whole lot, and such things have never been done before), paying for the local ppls loss in income and sulfsustainance(fish, agriculture, EVEN CLEAN WATER), etc, etc, etc... If you'd really charge them a cost for every single bit of harm they've done, they'll have nothing left and their great-great-great-grandchildren would still be paying off debts :-p
Greed & corruption
Exactly 💯
The clean up is down to the company working the site. Sadly, good luck with taking Shell to the courts to get anything done.❤
Why would Shell pay for a mess other people made?
Blessings for a few. A curse for many.
Am I the only one who thinks that King Burbaraye Dakola is supremely cool for a monarch?
USA be like : DID SOMEBODY SAY OIL?
Also USA: I need to share some FREEDOM!
😂😂😂 CIA will say did anybody just mention oil . They love oil and gold . I think the bayelsa need more democracy
How it likely went down:
Shell Executive: “How much to drill in these lands?”
Nigerian dictator: “5 BILLION dollars.”
Shell Exec: “Fair enough. Fair enough.”
Nigerian dictator: “And make sure you don’t spill oil everywhere! I want strict environmental controls and a promise to clean the area if you damage it!”
Shell Exec: “Well we don’t want to do all that… How does 10 billion dollars sound? And you just deal with that yourself.”
Nigerian dictator: “… Perfect.”
The sad truth of the matter is that the oil companies aren’t the ONLY ones to blame when this stuff happens. They went to these places to extract oil and paid a certain amount to be able to do so. That money they paid to the Nigerian state should have- if there was a responsible government in charge- gone to relocating people in the surrounding region ethically. Lots of government projects require people to be moved so that they’re safe while the project occurs. The money the government receives should have gone to helping its people. Educating them. Relocating them. Helping them to utilize their great oil wealth, so that one day in the future the Nigerians could just nationalize all the oil companies and put their own educated citizens in charge… like all the Gulf states did in the ‘70s. But corruption destroys nations. Money that should’ve gone to helping Nigerians went into the pockets of the men in charge. Oil companies never really had an obligation to the people of areas they’re extracting oil from. They should. There should be someone in there who says “Is what we’re doing right for the people here?” But that’s not their objective. Their objective is to sell oil. It’s a people’s government that has the objective above all else to help its people. And in that case, the Nigerian government failed its people. The “King” who complains about it in this video, failed his people when they made no regulations against the oil companies before the extraction went on. They failed their people in every way, and now they want to blame the oil companies and call them all “murderers” like they weren’t complicit in every step of the process, and like their pockets weren’t lined as well.
It’s still the oil companies’ fault, but corrupt Nigerian politicians should be the target of far more of the blame. No one wants to think that they’re to blame though. Their own people. Easier to blame someone else.
Which dictator? Nigeria is a democracy
@@KennyNGA yes Nigeria is a democratic country but control by Hausa cabals,make Una wise for once
@@KennyNGA
No it's not. Nigeria is home to several feudal tyrants who fancy themselves chieftains, warlords and kings, who all steal oil and demand bribes, then blame Shell for not cleaning up the mess the feudal tyrants made.
@@KennyNGA bhahaha, with such a level of corruption, dont even try to use the word democracy... Same goes for the US and the EU countries :-p
@@shatteredcore and what would you call democracy
Just give 30% of oil to Norway in exchange for management.
Who has suggested doing this?
Nigerians for not handling their country. Its up to the country to enforce rules and laws.
The truth hurts
These countries are so weak they can barely police the rural areas.
Easy for Shell to 'loosen safety' when there's no one around to inspect it. Sad but true
@@user-dc1dr9kr8x yes cause they can't use any other leverage over the government like debt or actually needed investments.....you people seem confused how much money and influence over international institutions these multinationals have...fun fact Canadian mining companies successfully lobbied the IMF to withhold loans to the newly apartheid free South Africa because they wanted to nationalize their mining sector which would of seen those Canadians companies lose their mining profits.
oil money bought corrupt leadership, so the blame is still on the oilcompanies... And bribery is an illegal action isnt it??? Really respectable buisness
How about the gov stopping thiefs from tapping in to the pipes and causing spills?
Shell is a terrible company but this isnt just on them.
Maybe they can start putting the pipelines 2 meters umderground
They need to be sued by every country affected and countries all stand together to say the standards they need to upkeep to operate in there countries, bribery should be a straight ban, the issue is of the regulators are being bribed that’s also an issue that needs to be solved, corruption has to be rooted out or it will continue.. also to say they do behave this way in there country of origin if you even look at water companies in the uk they regularly flush waste into the rivers farming company’s dispose of animal fecies that way too. Sadly there are a lot of companies that do what they want when they want
Since when is Royal Dutch Shell a British company???
Leftwingers in the Netherlands sabotaged a plan to abolish the double taxation through taxing dividents, the dividendbelasting.
As a result of this broken promise and the double tax paid over corporate income, while the UK has a better tax situation, both Shell and Unilever formally left the Netherlands, destroying thousands of jobs in the process. Thanks leftwingers.
2005
Who is to blame? It's more what is to blame, and the answer is oil.
How easy is to blame Russia. But American corporation. Not. Double Standard!
Management simple as that!
I'm sorry, not so sorry. Do you really think that compensations,giving money, solves this problem? The soil and water remains contaminated! Let them clean up the whole area and let then them pay compensations for poisoning people and for the loss of income!!
Ask the US how they handled a environmental activist in court, where a US oil giant made up a case and ruled over him and not the US (in-)justice system! Oil giants have all the power,no justice for people!
You really think local gangs and feudal tyrants like tribal strongmen are going to clean up the mess they made? They don't care, they just want money.
Lmao there are really monarchs in Nigeria?
Beautiful curse to most of the people in the country
Its a blessing for China, India, Brazil, but it won't change anything for the people of Nigeria.
Where can you petition to fight against the name of this country
RUSSIAN FOREST FIRES:
This year we can study, what a forest fire does to Permafrost.
There will be Huge explosions, because Permafrost in Russia, is known to act as a barrier for Gas in the soil.
That sounds interesting. Can't wait.
I thought the Dutch owned Shell not the Brits?
It used to be co-owned, but Shell (and Unilever) recently left the Netherlands as a result of leftwingers breaking a promises to abolish a double-tax on dividents.
Which given that they moved to the UK, the only-ever country to impose economic sanctions on itself, that's saying something about how pissed they are at the Dutch government. 😆
Its like blaming the victim for being scammed. Who is most responsible is who was must aware and who took decisions. It like blaming the victim for being raped forcefully. Those companies knew, they were very aware about the consequences of exploiting the natural resources, The government was also complicit, ordinary people lack a certain awareness and responsibility. So why blaming victims, maybe its because there is a form of entitlement, and self centeredness.
You start with a good analogy, but then you end up blaming the victim companies whose pipelines constantly get destroyed by locals, which causes the leaks.
Why do you blame the victims, and not the people who actually break the pipelines and cause the pollution?
Its time for some FREEEDOOOOOM 🦅🦅
genius
Hopefully from China.
@@divelea Are you insane? Ask the countries colonized by China to see how they feel about it.
Most definitely a curse if you ask...
The last sentence.... how could he read this out loud, without any comments?
There's another can of worms to open. Just search Nigeria oil theft on the internet and you'd see how serious the issue is. It's easier to portrait a simple story and pick the soft target. You can negotiate some compensations from the oil companies, but you can't negotiate compensations with the militant, corrupt government officials and petty theives.
*Sell the oil drilling rights to China* and ask Chinese company to clean the surrounding. That way Shell will know what opportunity they missed.
Doubt a chinese company would be better...
@@nenasiek Competition generates better quality results...
@@williamlai29 uuuhh, chinese companies are well known to cut corners. If you wanna see how an chinese oil compamy would act in africa just look up what chinese mining companies are doing in africa
@@nenasiek really? any links i can visit?
Before even watching the video, let me guess: blessing for a few, curse for most
This bayelsa issue is something else. Sad these companies are still able to get away with the abuse. Bayelsa is highly polluted but Nigerian government has a big role to play. Thank God for this king doing that which is right
Depends on which group you were born into? Silver Spoon? or Lead Spoon!!! Nuff Said!!!🇨🇦😢
america about to bring nigeria some freedom soon
Guys, LFG to the PAPAYAHUB !
West buy from them, west are to blame
Is that bay-el-sa....bub?
The west who else lol. not sure which western oil company is responsible for it but enough to pick from i would say
So if I act like the local feudal lordlings and warlords in Nigeria, I come to your house and break the windows, you are then to blame for broken glass laying around?
Because that's the idiotic logic behind blaming oil companies for the spillages caused by locals breaking pipelines to steal oil and get rich.
let them eat cake... and dress in gucci...
Western capitalist was 🤤🤑
Senegalese Teranga lions cubs crowned champions of Africa after their victory over Morocco in the final of the tournament held in Algeria and this Senegalese ball jumps a qualitative leap in the recent period, especially after the coronation of the lions in the last edition of the seniors
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i will see your vedio dear brother
God who has provided, being an eternal Being, the blessings of God should be the pledge of human hope. Here is an example of a failure, because, they supposed to have heard the Good News. But the result of the deeds do not look good.
so SCAMMER cash in on this
🤔🤔🤔Hmmmm
umm
I'm the first Viewer
We need democracy there as fast as we can USA, USA.
USA has been a problem globally along with European countries inc UK. LAST THING THEY NEED US 'HELPING' AGAIN ! ! ! H Ave you not heard of the war with Biafra put down and paid for by oil companies.
USA's politicians are just as corrupt as those in Nigeria or Congo, they just put more effort in pretending they aren't ;-) Dont use the word democracy untill corruption is eradicated from the top levels ;-) Its just a bunch of corporate suit politicians doing what's best for their friends corporate suit politicians... Point me to the last president YOU think is the last true 'representative of the PEOPLE' :-p I know, but it's a whole while back ;-)
How about alberta canada
The trailing ponds? Is that in some major waterway or something?
Come and show me the spill mate in Alberta mate