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Chevron Nigeria Limited has been handed down a seven-day ultimatum to
provide employment to Ijaw graduates from Egbema and Gbaramatu Kingdoms
in Warri North and Warri South-West Areas of Delta State.
The company has also been asked to employ 39 Egbema-Gbaramatu
applicants, who were successful in the Ogere training programme and
interview for the Project Operating Team (POT), for the
Escravos-Gas-To-Liquid (EGTL) project.
Handing down the ultimatum in a statement at the weekend, the Niger
Delta Indigenous Movement for Radical Change (NDIMRC) also called for
the reinstatement of Ijaw indigenes, who were allegedly sacked by the
company on February 7, 2011.
President of NDIMRC, Mr. Nelly Emma; Secretary, John Sailor and Public
Relations Officer, Mukoro Stanley, threatened that the group would join
forces with KOMBOT Employment Front to disrupt the company’s operations
in Egbema and Gbaramatu territories.
According to the Niger Delta group, Chevron has grossly marginalised
Ijaw graduates from Egbema and Gbaramatu kingdoms in the area of
employment.
NDIMRC stated that the unemployed Ijaw graduates had attended different
interviews organised by Chevron for employment but were not considered.
“Whereas their counterparts from the South-West and South-East were
recruited and are currently working with Chevron Nigeria Limited,” said
the group.
“We are in total support of the earlier ultimatum given to the company
by KOMBOT Employment Front. We are ready for a total show-down with
Chevron Nigeria Limited in the days ahead,” the statement added.
The group urged the Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani
Alison-Madueke; Group Managing Director of the NNPC, Mr. Andrew Yakubu;
and the Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Content Development and
Monitoring Board (NCDMB), Mr. Ernest Nwapa, to call the management of
the company to order.
It also warned the oil company against what it called blind-folding the
people with its existing Global Memorandum of Understanding (GMoU) with
the Egbema/Gbaramatu Communities Development Foundation (EGCDF).
NDIMRC accused the company of conniving with some selfish leaders to undermine the general interest of the people.
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