Community Relations & the Implementation of Chevron's GMoU in N/Delta

The study investigated the use of Community Relations in the implementation of Chevron's Global Memorandum of Understanding in the Niger Delta Region of Nigeria.It seemed that while Chevron's Global Memorandum of Understanding (GMoU)-a stakeholder engagement cum development framework, which was adopted in 2005,is currently in operation in the Niger Delta region;it appears to be having disuniting effects on the host communities in the region.The GMoU is a community relations model which appears not to be working.The study focused on two states in the Niger Delta, namely Imo and Delta, which have a similar model of the GMoU.Seven research questions and two hypotheses were formulated to guide the study.The research method adopted for the study was survey.Personal interview and a questionnaire were the survey instruments used. Data from the survey were analysed in relation to the research questions and hypotheses stated in the study. The study revealed that Chevron's Global Memorandum of Understanding in Nigeria's oil-rich Niger Delta region, though an improvement, in its development response, did not address most of the crucial,age-long canvassed issues and was therefore unsuitable.