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Self-promotion
Kaieteur News – There is an old saying: ‘promote self, for no one else will do so.’ This is what the people at ExxonMobil Guyana Ltd (EMGL) have made their standard operating procedure. EMGL seizes every opportunity that is available, plus creates its own, to sell itself to Guyanese, as this unmatched partner, this wonderful and caring presence, in Guyana.
EMGL has a right to market itself, its decayed greatness, and that we recognize. What we at this paper can never accept is when EMGL uses the money that should come to the Guyanese people to tell the citizens of this country how good it is for them. No matter how charitably viewed, that still comes across as the work of a scam artist, a cheap corporate hustler. Since EMGL places such a premium on brainwashing Guyanese about how well it means for them, then there is a principled way for the company to do so. What EMGL should do, as a matter of consistent practice, is to have the decency to spend its own money. Use its own profits from Guyana’s low-cost, high-quality oil to fund its self-promotion efforts.
It would be an expression of honesty, the best example of the ethical moorings, of which EMGL’s CEO, Mr. Alistair Routledge, insists is part and parcel of his company’s DNA. ExxonMobil has the deep pockets, and ExxonMobil Guyana is making money hand over fist. Why be so low and sly and wanting every dollar and dime for the company’s treasury at the expense of the Guyanese people? Why be so tricky and so slick that even expenses related to the company’s image, and how to make it sparkle before the gullible people of this poor nation are deducted from Guyana’s share? Why buy expensive perfume and cosmetics for EMGL’s face, but doing so through misusing what is due to the poor of Guyana like some drunken sailor on shore leave? EMGL can afford it, and should EMGL do the right thing by the Guyanese people, like a true and trusted partner, then it does not have to spend a nickel to spruce up its reputation among Guyanese. The quality of its partnership with Guyana, and the quantity of benefits that flow to Guyanese, would be the best promotion that there ever can be.
The audit of US$7.3 billion of EMGL’s expenses revealed that the company spent US$4.9 million on mascara, lipstick, conditioner, eye shadow, and similar such products to beautify itself before Guyanese. This is how EMGL woos Guyanese in the hopes of them letting down their guard, and then winning them over for the rapes and other commercial ravaging that have become the norm in Guyana. Social media management could mean that Guyanese betrayers on internet platforms are being paid by the company to spread its brand of propaganda to indoctrinate naïve Guyanese. Betrayers who are bitterly hostile towards the handful of locals who expose the greed and voraciousness of EMGL.
Sponsorship millions at business events indicate how EMGL worms its way into the consciousness of Guyanese. Yet to come is how EMGL studies the culture of this country, and then cunningly moves to capitalize for maximum effect. Cricket stands out as the biggest and brightest example, with EMGL splashing the money that belongs to Guyanese to sell itself. When the audit is done of this year’s EMGL expenses, the tale of that spending will surface.
The operators at EMGL are this smart and slick. They con Guyanese: spend lavishly on well-attended business and community events, and then give Guyana the bill. Guyanese who are not fooled should weigh this question: is EMGL a partner, or is it a dirty swindler? Which person, what kind of company, pulls fast ones like what EMGL does, and as successfully as it does?
ExxonMobil has more money than God, but the devilish streak in its people drives them to these ugly actions, so that the company could accumulate still more money. EMGL gives with one hand, then snatches it back with the other. This is the equivalent of someone helping to finance a funeral, then turning around and stealing the casket when the grieving family is sleeping. This is the reality of the ExxonMobil-Guyana partnership.
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