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Clarius Ugwuoha [ Profil ] |
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Re: [NDYConference] Day 1: Militancy and Youth Employment in the Niger-delta
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Oct 13th, 2008 - 05:32:01 |
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Dear Dabesaki Mac-Ikemenjima, many thanks for your untiring efforts towards
the emancipation of the Niger Deltans. I am awed by your contributions.
In this piece, I am not so much answering your posers as mine. Let's see how it reads:
: NIGER DELTA PROBLEMS: SOLUTIONS TO
(1) Local Content empowerment in the multinationals in the Niger Delta. Look at some of these companies; there are a lot of malpractices against Host Communities. The bulk of contract staff are from Host Communities. These staff are badly treated. No allowances, no pensions on retirement, no end of contract bonus. They are hired and fired at will, without deference to qualifications. Sometimes direct staff who are less-experienced supervise them. A contract staff would be working in shifts with a direct staff, both doing the same job but salary and remuneration disparities are so embarrassing as to be inciting to rebellion. It is difficult for GRADUATES of this neo-APARTHEID to maintain a balanced view of life. They are ready bait to militancy. There are cases in which people have slaved away their entire life in a multinational and retire to a life of pauperization and improvidence. A revisit of this paradox is imperative. Despite Govt directive on
contract staff, they are still maintained with no prospects of conversion to staff. SOLUTION: STAFF ALL CONTRACT STAFF IN THE MULTINATIONALS!!!! OUTSOURCING TO CONTRACTORS SHOULD BE PHASED OUT AS THESE CONTRACTORS ARE FRONTS AND VERY WICKED IN THEIR DEALINGS WITH THE EMPLOYEES.
(2) Employment Quota for host communities to be spelt out and enshrined in the constitution. Ouster clauses are used at every employment advertisement. The sole purpose is to deny the host communities stakes and employ choice candidates. SOLUTION: COMMUNITY AND MERIT QUOTAS TO BE SEPARATED AND EACH COMMUNITY QUOTA TO BE ENRICHED IN A MOU TO BE GAZETTED BY AN ACT OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY WITH STIFF PENALITY FOR CIONTRAVENTION. SECRET EMPLOYMENTS TO BECOME AN OFFENCE. ALL EMPLOYEES SUBSEQUENTLY, THROUGH THE QUOTAS, TO BE PUBLISHED FOR PUBLIC VERIFICATIONS.
(3) Contractors in the Host Communities should be engaged and some 75% of contracts in the areas to be handled by competent local contractors.
(4) Elimination of ONSHORE-OFFSHORE DITCHOTOMY and a fund created to cater for the excess allocation accruing from that. THIS FUND SHOULD BE APPLIED JUDICIOUSLY IN RAISING A MEGA- CITY IN THE CAST OF ABUJA WITHIN THE COASTAL STATES.
(5) Human Resources harvest in the Niger Delta. Vis: Olympic swimmers, rowers, boat regatta, etc etc. A WELL-SPONSORED MARINE-BASED SPORTS COMMISSION, distinct from the Nigerian Sports Commission for effectiveness, can cater for this. This Commission to be headed by competent expatriates would isolate talents for subsequent Olympiads and other International meets. This serves the tripartite purposes of * DEPLETING RANKS OF MILITANTS * LOCAL CONTENT EMPOWERMENT * MEDAL FEASTS FOR THE COUNTRY.
(6) To be continued.
CHIEF CLARIUS UGWUOHA
clarius_iu (at) yahoo.com
EGBEMA NIGERIA.
WIth God, Nothing is Impossible.
"Behold, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh, is there anything too hard for me?"
Jeremiah 32:27
--- On Mon, 10/13/08, Dabesaki Mac-Ikemenjima wrote:
From: Dabesaki Mac-Ikemenjima
Subject: [NDYConference] Day 1: Militancy and Youth Employment in the Niger-delta
To: "Clarius Ugwuoha"
Date: Monday, October 13, 2008, 6:45 PM
Replies to this message will be sent to the group by default.
The sender of this message can be contacted at: dabesaki (at) yahoo.com
Welcome to day 1 of the Niger-delta Youth eConference.
The rate of militancy and criminality in the Niger-delta has been on the
increase in recent years and has taken an alarming dimension, posing a major
threat to investments in the region. Analysts and experts say that part of the
solutions to militancy and criminality is to create new jobs and generate
employment.
In your opinion, is this a viable means of resolving the situation in the
region? If it is, what is the best means to create new jobs? What are the best
strategies to tackle unemployment, employability and access to bussiness
finance? Are there innovative practices from within or outside the region that
can be replicated? What is the most practical solution to the problem of
unemployment in the Niger-delta.
Please keep all responses really short and direct to the point, bearing in mind
short, medium and long term strategies with possible timelines for
implementation.
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Dear colleagues,
Welcome to the e-conference on Youth and Niger-delta development taking place
from October 13-17, 2008!
There are two things that should be borne in mind during the conference. 1.
that the Niger-delta challenge pre-dates the present situation and dates as far
back as pre-independence which led to the establishment of the Willink
Commission. 2. that the present effort is to ensure that youth have an
opportunity to express their main concerns and proffer practical solutions to
the problems faced in the region.
Discussions during the conference will focus on four main daily topics: Day 1.
Tackling unemployment, employability and access to finance; Day 2. tackling
youth well being, health and access to education; Day 3. tackling infrastructure
development; Day 4. tackling criminality, building peace. The last day will be
used to report back to the group and consolidate the report of the conference.
To facilitate participation, the moderator will throw a question a day intended
to stimulate discussion and get specific points of view. Nevertheless,
participants are free to answer previous questions and to introduce new issues
at any point.
The purpose of this e-conference is to find practical solutions to the
development problems in the Niger-delta region. At a recent workshop organized
in Port Harcourt by the Federal Ministry of Youth Development, participants
agreed that the main problems include infrastructure development; specific youth
targeted programmes and improved services. How do you think these can be
achieved. Is there a need to phase development interventions? What are your
suggestions on short, medium and long term development initiatives for the
region? Are there innovative practices from other regions/ countries that can be
beneficial to addressing the situation in the Niger-delta?
The e-conference will begin with this brief opening statement by the moderator,
after which participants are free to comment on the respective subjects to be
discussed. In order to ensure the active participation of everyone however, I am
sending the opening statement today, so as to allow an opportunity people who
are able to send their contributions over the weekend. Please note that
responses will be sent to the group as from 8 am on Monday October 13, 2008.
The e-conference is not a forum for trading blames; it is a forum for finding
practical solutions to the development of the Niger-delta region. The reports of
this e-conference will be submitted to the technical committee on the
development of the Niger-delta region sitting here in Abuja. The Committee will
be briefed this morning (10/10/08) about the process.
I am looking very much forward to a rewarding consultative conference this
week.
Dabesaki Mac-Ikemenjima
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This conference holding from October 13-18, 2008 is an avenue to discuss the
development situation in the Niger-delta, with emphasis on the implications for
youth development, to prioritise development investment needs of the youth
highlighting quick wins as well as long term development issues, and to collate
the views of young people from the Niger-delta, Nigeria and the international
community on the development of the region. The final report of the conference
will be collated and submitted to the Niger-delta Steering Committee in late
October, 2008.
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