Oil Price Fall: ‘We’ve Not Laid Off Any Core Staff’

The management of Total
EXP Nigeria Limited said in spite of the challenges of oil price fall and prevalent harsh economic situation, it has not laid off any of its staff.
The Deputy Managing Director, Deepwater District of Total, Ahmadu-Kida Musa, disclosed this at an interactive forum between the media and top officials of the firm organised at the company’s office in Trans Amadi, Port Harcourt.
The DMD explained that other categories of staff might have been affected but that no core staff on the pay roll of the firm had been laid off because of the present trial situation in the country.
“Our people are our biggest asset. That’s why despite turbulent circumstances, we must maintain’ them,” he said, noting that it is part of the company’s  policy to keep and maintain its staff.
“Total has the notion of respect for individual staff, responsibility to neighbour, host communities and Nigeria. This is expressed in the way we relate with them,” he said.
Musa said the Deepwater District had under its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) awarded over 3,000 scholarships each year and also done a lot of project development for many states, as well as embarked on robust skills development programmes as a responsible corporate organisation.

Chris Oluoh