HOS Advises SPDC On Corporate Social Responsibility

The Management of Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) has been called upon to fulfill its corporate social responsibility in its area of operation.

The Head of Service, Mrs. Esther Anucha, made the call at a one-day Relationship Building Workshop between SPDC and the Rivers State Civil Service held at the Presidential Hotel in Port Harcourt.

Mrs. Anucha decried the non-implementation of SPDC’s Corporate Social Responsibility, specially in the area of the employment policy, stipulating the recruitment of staff from Grade level 01-06 exclusively from indigenes of the community they operate, stressing that strict adherence to this policy would greatly reduce the high unemployment rate in the state as well as check youth restiveness.

She, however, commended the Management of SPDC for its cooperation with the state government in developing the state in the area of power generation and distribution and urged other oil companies in the State to emulate them.

The head of service who used the forum to explain the role of the civil service in governance, called on Shell to partner with the state civil service in its capacity building programmes in order to boost performance as well as sponsor some of its activities in the annual celebration of the Civil Service Week.

She lauded the state Governor, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, for his unprecedented development strides and for approving the workshop, expressing the hope that the outcome of the interface would enhance the relationship between SPDC and the State Civil Service.

Earlier in his welcome address, the Manager, Government and Community Relations, East of SPDC, Mr. California Fufeyin, said the workshop was organised to foster understanding and improve relationship between the company and the State Civil Service.

Mr. Fufeyin who also pre

In another development, brand new cars have been handed over to some permanent Secretaries and former members of the civil service commission who are yet to get official cars.

Presenting the keys to them in her office in Port Harcourt, the Head of Service, Mrs Esther Anucha, said the gesture was in fulfillment of Governor Amaechi’s promise to provide vehicles to all permanent secretaries and other senior staff in the civil service and advised them to use the cars optimally in the discharge of their duties.

Responding on behalf of the recipients, a former commissioner in the state civil service commission, Chief T.J. Krukrubo thanked the governor for his benevolence, adding that the gesture  would greatly assist them in rendering effective service.