The protesters, who carried placards with different inscriptions, also condemned Chevron’s alleged unilateral disengagement of some graduates from the host communities and replacing the sacked workers with people without pre-requisite qualifications from other parts of the country.
Some of the inscriptions on the placards read, ‘Chevron must keep to GMoU terms, employ the 200 deficit employment for graduates of Egbema/Gbaramatu host communities’, ‘Chevron, give us our required employment’, ‘Chevron is robbing host communities of graduate employment slots’, and ‘Chevron, stop diverting host communities’ graduate employment quota allocation to powers that be’.
Addressing journalists, the President of the Egbema/Gbaramatu Graduates, Tare Olaye, condemned Chevron for allegedly discarding provisions of the Local Content Act that prescribes the employment of a certain percentage of the workforce from the host communities. He also accused the multinational oil firm of maltreatment of graduates from the host communities, citing the case of one Timmy Okirika, a senior production operator and executive member of the Egbema/Gbaramatu Graduates, who was allegedly disengaged by Chevron for no just cause, while calls for his reinstatement by the National Industrial Court and the National Assembly had not been heeded by the oil firm till date.
“Chevron must abide by the laws of the land,” Olaye declared, while insisting that “the ongoing protest would last until the demands are met.”
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