Monarch Tasks Firms On Social Responsibility Services

Companies operating in the
state have been tasked to live up to their Social Responsibility Services (SRS) as part of their contribution to the development of its host communities.
The Eze Oha Okporo Okwurusi Kingdom, HRM, Eze Morgan N. Amadi (Jp), made the call in a chat with newsmen in Port Harcourt.
He said if the companies could own up and undertake their SRS as enshrined in law and Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that the issue of developing host communities and crisis  would be a thing of the past.
Eze Amadi, maintained that host communities ought to benefit from companies operating in their areas judging from the level  economic damage done to them.
According to him, such initiatives would compliment state governments plans on community development.
He also held the view that the reason for SRS was to assist in encouraging rural development.
The Okwurusi I, noted that the service cut-across companies operating in the state notwithstanding  the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), reached with such communities.
The monarch who is also a trained engineer, further explained that the companies especially the oil producing ones, had reasonable capacity to address the issue of unemployment within their domain of operations.
He pointed out that until all players in the industry saw unemployment as a general challenge, the issue may not be properly addressed.
He reasoned that it should be handled collectively between the government and the companies in a bid to profer a lasting solution to the intractable problem.
Assessing the level of development so far by the Governor Nyesom Wike-led government, he said the governor had performed excellently, going by the level of infrastructural development in the state under his administration.