Analysis of Nigeria

Chevron
Chevron is an American multinational energy corporation engaged in
the exploration, production, refinement, marketing, and transport
of oil and natural gas. In Nigeria, Chevron is the third largest oil
producer and one of the largest investors in the country. The
company operates a joint-venture agreement with the Nigerian
National Petroleum Corporation with assets in the Niger Delta
Region and in the Deepwater Fields.
Chevron is committed to serving the communities in which it
operates in Nigeria by focusing on education, economic
development, and healthcare. Through these three thematic areas,
the company addresses many of the challenges that Nigerian
women and girls face by working to improve the roles of women in
rural areas, where men traditionally hold much of the power. To
achieve the change it is seeking, Chevron recognizes that no
singular organization can do it alone. Therefore, Chevron signed
the Global Memorandum of Understanding (GMOU) 56 with
communities, evidence of their commitment to collaboration. The
GMOU is a proven flagship model of community engagement that
has enhanced the overall effectiveness of development projects
and empowered communities. 57
CHEVRON’S INITIATIVES
Education & Mentorship
‣ Scholarships
‣ Capacity building
Healthcare
‣ Mother to child transmission of
HIV/AIDS
‣ Improving access in
underserved communities
‣ Tuberculosis
‣ Deworming
Business Acumen & Training
‣ Micro-credit financing
‣ Skill acquisition
Scholarships
Education & Mentorship
Chevron provides scholarships with a particular emphasis on improving girls’ access to education, develops
infrastructure for better learning environments, and builds the capacity of public education. Chevron provides
scholarships to students in secondary and tertiary institutions through its scholarship programs: the National
University Scholarship Program, the Agbami Medical Scholarship, the Engineering Professionals Scholarship (in
collaboration with Agbami Co-venturers 58 ), the Community Scholarship Program, and the Scholarship for the Blind.
The program has achieved the following to date: approximately 1,220 Nigerian students currently receive the
National Scholarship, with three hundred new recipients each year; nine thousand undergraduates receive the
Agbami Scholarship, 21% of whom are female; 880 children have benefitted from the Community Scholarship
program; and an additional 100 blind students have been awarded scholarships.
Capacity Building
In addition to scholarships and incentive programs, Chevron’s infrastructure development initiatives include
expanding the capacity of the education sector through a collaborative effort with Agbami Co-venturers. The
initiative has built 24 fully equipped, modern science laboratory complexes, as well as trained laboratory
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