The Managing Director of Ajason Nigeria Limited has blamed the high rate of unemployment in the country on the refusal of oil companies to fully implement the Local Content Act.
The MD who said this while briefing newsmen recently in Port Harcourt, noted that if the oil companies operating in the Niger Delta implement the law, “unemployment would drastically reduce”.
According to Amadi, it was an international practice for oil companies to give at least up to ten per cent of their employment opportunities to its host communities.
He further stated that instead of such practice as enshrined in its Order/Regulations, they prefer bringing in road-side trainers in the name of expatriates.
The business tycoon, argued that no country was willing to give out her best brains, saying that something must be done in order to reverse the issue.
He wondered why a country so blessed like Nigeria could still have an army of unemployed graduates, stating the need for those in the National Conference to give the issue greater attention.
The Ikwerre born international operator, also blamed part of the unemployment rate on some host communities who sale their employment slots.
Amadi, said that as one time youth leader of his community, he noticed that some people are happy to part with their employment slots for peanuts.
He pointed out that the host communities must also have a re-orientation and strategise on how best they could go about the little employment opportunities available to them by the companies in their areas.
Meanwhile, he has called on Rivers people to continue to support Governor Amaechi for the delivery of more people-oriented projects in the state.