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.... ....   Home  |  Cover Stories  |  National Newsreel  |  Politics  |  Business  |  Sports  |  World  | Contact  | Advert Rates  Towards a better life for the people Search The Archives   Cover Stories National News South West Niger Delta South East North Politics Business Sports World Viewpoints Features   Alamieyeseigha warns oil companies against contract staff By Samuel Oyadongha Friday, July 23, 2004 YENAGOA — GOVERNOR Diepreye Alamieyeseigha of Bayelsa State has told  multinational oil companies operating in the  state to discard the idea of recruiting staff on contract basis to avert a recurrence of the Pride North Dakota oil platform   incident in which nine oil workers were held hostage early in the week. Chief Alamieyeseigha made the call at a meeting with representatives of Consolidated Oil Company, one of its service  companies, Pride Forasol Drilling Nigeria Ltd and its contract staff at Government House, Yenagoa. He said it was criminal to employ medical doctors and other professionals on contract basis, stressing that it was time  multinational oil companies reviewed their employment policies with a view to recruiting staff on permanent basis. The governor observed that there were obvious problems concerning the company adding that if their conditions of service and  contract terms were clearly spelt out, the trade dispute that erupted would not have arisen. While calling on the companies to provide conducive working environment for their employees, the governor warned that  government would not tolerate any form of marginalisation and oppression of staff of multinational firms on the basis of colour or  tribe. Chief Alamieyeseigha who decried the poor level of communication between oil companies operating in the state and the  government, said it was unacceptable for such companies to operate in the state without functional offices. According to him, "all oil companies alongside their servicing companies operating in the state must, as a matter of urgency,  establish functional offices in the state.”   Chief Alamieyeseigha who said all workers of oil servicing companies operating in the state would be made to pay PAYE tax or  face prosecution in line with the enabling laws, directed management of Consolidated Oil, Pride Forasol and their labour  contractors to meet with the aggrieved contract staff with a view to resolving their differences within two weeks.   Home  |  Cover Stories  |  National Newsreel  |  Politics  |  Business  |  Sports  |  World  | Contact  | Advert Rates © 1998- 2004. Vanguard Media Ltd.

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