PRESIDENT of Nigeria
Labour Congress, NLC, Mr. Abdulwaheed Omar,
yesterday, in Port Harcourt, Rivers State,
warned that oil thieves were a greater threat to
the corporate survival of Nigeria than any other
thing. He called on the Federal Government to urgently arrest the situation before it became
too late. He spoke at the opening ceremony of the Third
Quadrennial Delegates Conference, QDC, of
the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas
Workers, NUPENG, with the theme, Reforms in
the Oil and Gas Industry: Catalyst for National
Growth and Development, What prospect for the attainment of Decent Work Agenda? Urging NUPENG to drive the reform process in
the petroleum industry, Omar said: “The
average oil worker is at risk, from hostile
environment to the threat of kidnapping and
assassination. Like other workers, workers in
the oil and gas industry have the right to peace and security at the work place. This is even
more so with the goose that lays the golden
eggs, who the oil workers in Nigeria are.
Production output has substantially dropped
for various reasons. Crude oil theft has risen to
an unacceptable level. “This theft, unfortunately, is perpetrated by a
combination of dark forces in our polity. These
forces are more of a threat to our corporate
entity than any other force that you may think
of. The challenges therefore, are many and the
tasks require our collective resolve to excel as a nation. We must therefore, rise to state that
our government must take the lead by acting
rather than lamenting. “Another challenge is the issue of domestic
refining of our crude, which will guarantee
availability and affordability of products, and
above all, will create jobs for our youths. Today,
local refining is carried out in several illegal
local and improvised refineries. This underscores the dire need for domestic
refining of the products. That is why I am using
this opportunity to commend the indefatigable
business mogul, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, for
taking up the challenge of establishing a
refinery in Nigeria.” Earlier, Chairman of the occasion, President of
Dangote group, Alhaji Dangote, told the
gathering that among others, the proposed
$9billion mega refinery/petrochemical /
fertilizer complex in Olokola Free trade zone,
between Ogun and Ondo States, in the next four years during construction period, would
create no fewer than 25,000 jobs. In his welcome address, NUPENG President,
Igwe Ahese, lamented the increasing loss of
jobs in the industry and the alarming cases of
unfair labour and employment practices in the
sector.
Labour Congress, NLC, Mr. Abdulwaheed Omar,
yesterday, in Port Harcourt, Rivers State,
warned that oil thieves were a greater threat to
the corporate survival of Nigeria than any other
thing. He called on the Federal Government to urgently arrest the situation before it became
too late. He spoke at the opening ceremony of the Third
Quadrennial Delegates Conference, QDC, of
the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas
Workers, NUPENG, with the theme, Reforms in
the Oil and Gas Industry: Catalyst for National
Growth and Development, What prospect for the attainment of Decent Work Agenda? Urging NUPENG to drive the reform process in
the petroleum industry, Omar said: “The
average oil worker is at risk, from hostile
environment to the threat of kidnapping and
assassination. Like other workers, workers in
the oil and gas industry have the right to peace and security at the work place. This is even
more so with the goose that lays the golden
eggs, who the oil workers in Nigeria are.
Production output has substantially dropped
for various reasons. Crude oil theft has risen to
an unacceptable level. “This theft, unfortunately, is perpetrated by a
combination of dark forces in our polity. These
forces are more of a threat to our corporate
entity than any other force that you may think
of. The challenges therefore, are many and the
tasks require our collective resolve to excel as a nation. We must therefore, rise to state that
our government must take the lead by acting
rather than lamenting. “Another challenge is the issue of domestic
refining of our crude, which will guarantee
availability and affordability of products, and
above all, will create jobs for our youths. Today,
local refining is carried out in several illegal
local and improvised refineries. This underscores the dire need for domestic
refining of the products. That is why I am using
this opportunity to commend the indefatigable
business mogul, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, for
taking up the challenge of establishing a
refinery in Nigeria.” Earlier, Chairman of the occasion, President of
Dangote group, Alhaji Dangote, told the
gathering that among others, the proposed
$9billion mega refinery/petrochemical /
fertilizer complex in Olokola Free trade zone,
between Ogun and Ondo States, in the next four years during construction period, would
create no fewer than 25,000 jobs. In his welcome address, NUPENG President,
Igwe Ahese, lamented the increasing loss of
jobs in the industry and the alarming cases of
unfair labour and employment practices in the
sector.
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