FG Moves To Sanction Foreign Contractors Refusing To Open Bases In Bonny

The Federal Government says it would soon sanction foreign contractors who fail to open operational bases in Bonny Island for the Train 7 project.
The Executive Secretary, Nigeria Content Development and Monitoring Board, Mr Simbi Wabote, gave the warning at the formal opening of The Promise Fast Food and Restaurant in Bonny, at the weekend.
Wabote said some of the subcontractors participating in the Train 7 project had refused to open their offices in Bonny, thereby denying the youths jobs.
He said there are a lot of companies who have business that do not have offices in Bonny.
“We have built Train 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6, and when you ask those companies about their office location, you will discover that the majority of them are not in Bonny.
“Rather, they prefer to operate from Italy and Dubai while importing items into Bonny Island. Whenever NCDMB resists such attempts, the contractors go on a blackmail spree”, he said.
Wabote promised to continue to push for the establishment of more operational bases of all the companies that are coming to participate in the Train 7 project in Bonny.
He commended the President of Integrated Catering Company, owners of The Promise, Oluwatoyin Alabi, for his massive Investment in Bonny aimed to feed and cater for the over 10,000 workers that are expected to work in the Train 7 project.
In his address at the event, the Chairman, The Promise, Oluwatoyin Alabi, had said that the company had over 600 Nigerians working in its 25 outlets in states of its operation, adding that it has already recruited over 50 youths with 95 per cent of them indigenes of Bonny to work in its Bonny outlet.

By: Susan Serekara-Nwikhana