LG Boss Regrets IOCs’ Refusal To Employ Eleme Youths

The Chairman of Eleme Local Government Area, Hon. Obarilomate Ollor has expressed displeasure over the attitude of multinationals operating within Eleme cosmopolitan area when it comes to employment of the youths.
He made the assertion when the Executive of KAGOTE led by its President, Hon Emmanuel Deeyah paid him a courtesy visit to congratulate him on his first 100 days in office.
Expressing readiness to initiate policies that would ensure companies keep up to their responsibilities, the Eleme Council boss, however, lamented the poor treatment and attention given to Eleme people by the myriads of companies situated within the area.
According to him, lack of job, skills and vocational training of the teeming youths by the companies results in increased criminality and heightened insecurity suffered in the area in recent past.
He said, “Honestly, we are not satisfied, you see our people wallowing in poverty in the midst of plenty. For us, what we are doing is to put up a control system where we can have proper coordination between the people and the establishments in order to forestall any crisis because we are at the verge of having serious crisis between our people and those who are supposed to be supporting them for economic growth and development”.
He appreciated the leadership of KAGOTE for identifying with Eleme, maintaining that he would give the body every necessary support to succeed, adding that the emergence of KAGOTE has made the voice of Ogonis to be unanimously heard.
“I want to thank the leadership of KAGOTE for identifying with us, it is a very noble organisation, respected and top-notch in the coordination of issues of Ogoni, we are a part of the leadership and the system, we believe that the cohesion we have today would be able to take our people to the expected destination they desire”, he noted.
On his part, the President of KAGOTE, Hon Emma Deeyah, thanked the chairman for availing them audience, and congratulated him on his success at the polls, which according to him, has brought light to the people of Eleme in such a short period.
He commended the chairman for prioritising security and making Eleme a safe haven for investors.
Deeyah said, “We came here on a courtesy call on the council chairman, to congratulate him and to share our ideas and visions, and we found out that he has a lot of programmes on ground.
“We acknowledge the fact that Eleme is the hub of the petroleum industry in Nigeria, and you cannot do business in an unsecured place. So, credit must go to the chairman for keeping the peace. We are also commending him for the various programmes he has articulated and implementing in just 100 days. So, we are expecting a lot more from him.”
He declared confidence in the capability of the current crop of council chairmen in the four LGAs to deliver democracy dividends for Ogoni people, assuring them of KAGOTE’s willingness as a group to give them support wherever it was needed.

By: Nelson Chukwudi