Below is a list of parent companies with operations in Nigeria.
The mere fact that the following companies conduct any sort of economic activity in Nigeria, gives much needed foreign exchange to the tyrannical Nigerian military regime, headed by General Sanni Abacha.
Consequently, their continued presence is disadvantageous to Nigeria for two reasons:
If you are a shareholder in any of these companies, please write to the Board of Directors and/or Chief Executive Officer, asking for the total divestment of your company's investments and holdings from Nigeria.
If this fails, please bring up the issue of your company's continued presence in Nigeria at your next shareholder meeting, and if possible, push for a vote to be taken on divesting from Nigeria. For it is morally wrong for a company to knowingly make profit based on human suffering and even death.
If you are not a shareholder, and you know the phone number or mailing address of the company (we shall provide these on this page soon), please call and/or write notifying them that as a concerned (potential/regular) customer of theirs, you are requesting that they divest all their investments and holdings in Nigeria till full democracy is restored to that country. Also notify them that till they do this, you shall be boycotting their goods and services.
If the name is highlighted, please click on it, and send an e-mail message to the company, asking them to divest from Nigeria.
Special Thanks to Investor Responsibility Research Center (IRRC), for providing information on most of the companies listed above.
For more information about the level of involvement of the aforementioned companies, they can be reached at:
Suite 700, 1350 Connecticut Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20036-1701. (202) 833-0700, (202)833-3555(fax)Kenneth A. Bertsch- Director, Social Issues Program.