How One Company Destroyed An Entire Country

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This is the story of Shell's business model, making money from oil and taking over Nigeria.

[busymike]

RIP to those leaders who were executed for fighting against this BS. That part caught me off guard.

[cerealkeepsyougoingeveryda]

Finally, someone talks about the corruption in Nigeria, police are useless, ruthless and cruel and the middle class barely exists. Nigeria threw away its agriculture away the moment they found oil and if hurt its economy greatly. Anambra (a Nigerian state) tried to have multiple businesses but it fell the moment the governor left, putting the state back into poverty. I'm so glad someone is talking about Nigeria's corruption. Shame it's not getting better though and just a portion of Nigeria's problems

[CGIQ.]

I'm a Nigerian and ISTG I'm glad this topic has been covered by a big creator like you... I believe Shell and other huge oil companies are responsible for the lack of proper electricity infrastructure in our country because if Nigeria reduces its use of generators then the need for oil is greatly reduced therefore a loss of profit for shell. Thank you for covering this topic

[bukitkatilmp]

Im Malaysian and in the 1960s Malaysia almost fell into the sams trap wih Shell and Exxon. Fortunately Malaysia developed its own petroleum company, Petronas and took over the entire process of extraction, refining and processing of the gas and petroleum resources including domestic and export control, forcing these companies to have to go though Petronas for all the above and below the line of petroleum production. Today, Petronas is a Fortune 500 company that is not influenced by any global company.

[ThePurpleKiss]

I’m nigerian and my uncle used to work for BP on their oil rigs. There was a massive disaster and everything caught up in flames. The U.K. govt sent people to rescue the British nationals there and my uncle, a nigerian citizen was left to die.

One of the ugly sides of foreign diplomacy & a illustration of the greed and incompetence of the nigerian government.

[tonks]

This guy is just speedrunning being blacklisted by every big company out there

[purplehaze]

The irony of a company forcing an entire country into a never-ending stream of oil spills claiming to make positive environmental changes is fucking killing me.

[takeshiasahi]

Shell once came to my university for campus placement .... i remember them displaying how they have physically challenged people at top positions. One of them even had a conversation with us students. Almost everyone of us were in tears. i was so much dedicated to work for them, cleared the interview, and then the story of Nigeria came across me. Damnnn i was so pissed, i literally made HR interview a nightmare on purpose. They are trying extremely hard to keep their image up supporting various "act of kindness". Damnn F*&% these evils.

[shadowdragon]

The fact that a company can get away with something like this and still maintain a half decent ESG score just further proves that ESG is completely meaningless and a load of BS.

[DetectiveMapping]

I’ve known about Shell’s scummyness for a while now but I had no idea it was this bad, I’m from Canada and one of my classmates is from Nigeria and was explaining to me how corrupt the government is, this explains a big part of it. You’re doing gods work talking about this stuff

[mrwhosethebeast]

The world really needs to see this, as a Nigerian I've never been more afraid, I wake up everyday with a bad feeling for the country. Hoping and praying for the best.

[exclusivelythelordsalexand]

As a Nigerian, all i can say is thank you for using your platform to bring this horror meted out to Nigerians to light. Blessings to you and yours.

[ivcps]

I'm Ukrainian, and I remember as soon as Shell started getting gas in the eastern part of my country, the environmental situation immediately deteriorated: spillage after spillage. So no surprise really.

[perropequeno]

In our school, we learnt about how most oil spills in Nigeria are caused by vandalism and criminals but I guess that was all just propaganda. Thanks for the enlightenment

[BruceLeroyUK]

As a Nigerian, I am so grateful you did a video on this. Great video as always.

[hypany]

As an American Diplomat living in Abuja, Nigeria, I can see the effects. To say electricity is poor would be an understatement. Not an hour goes by that the power goes off, and sometimes it will stay off for hours. Thanks for bringing this important topic to light 🖤

[JulietteKernDiamond]

i have a friend from nigeria, both his parents died of cancer. this is so sad.

[joltdell]

As a Nigerian, all I can say is, it's about time someone covered this and this country needs help

[Chorutowo]

My country of Azerbaijan has a similar problem. The government relies almost totally on its oil industry, which is predominantly owned by BP. The same family has ruled since the soviets, and is heavily corrupt.

[cameraguy]

Thank you for this informational video, my company has been trying to decide how to step out onto the world stage and you have given us a blueprint towards large scale acquisition.