48 communities within Nigeria benefited from N288 million (USD 2.3 million) in loans, courtesy of the Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC), a subsidiary of the Royal Dutch Shell oil corporation operating in Nigeria, as a branch of Shell Nigeria. The loan is part of SPDC’s micro-credit and business development program aimed at “enabl[ing] entrepreneurs to take advantage of the economic opportunities in their locality.” Benefiting communities included in the loan are from
Shell Petroleum Development Company is a company of Shell Nigeria, and according to its website “the largest oil and gas company in
–Monica Sharma, Research Assistant
Shell
Nigeria : The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria.
AllAfrica.com: Nigeria: Shell Disburses N288m to Host Communities by Emma Arubi.
Daily Sun: Shell gives N288m microcredit to 48 communities by Emmanuel Ogoigbe.
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