Significant oil and gas companies in the country have said they are drawing a mass sack .Concerning the diminishing price of oil in t...
In a between the Minister of Labour and Productivity, Chris Ngige and the managements of International Oil Companies in Nigeria which includes Agip, Mobil producing, Chevron Addax and Total. The Head of Human Resources and Medical, Chevron Nigeria Limited, Ihuoma Onyearu, said the plan is to lay off some workers in the sector due to the current challenges facing the industry.
The issue of laying people off is not a decision that comes lightly. I will not come here to tell you that people are being laid off or not. ''The situation in the oil company is dire. We want to ask for more understanding in appreciation of the challenges we face”
According to Tribune, during the meeting,Dr Chris Ngige asked the oil marketers and companies not to lay off people as Nigeria is facing a lot of social security problems and could not to afford more problems through job cuts
The oil majors in Nigeria must therefore bend backwards and see what they can plough back from their profits to keep Nigerian workers on their duty posts. Keep the existing jobs. We have a downturn today but you can be sure it will not last forever.'' If you are not creating new jobs, let us keep the ones we have.
