A new thread for NNPC Hopefuls

[carribean]

@Bebrief.Nice one.I commend your effort.I also made some enquiries and I was told involving the labour union keeping them in the loop will be a very good idea.

[tohbad]

Berieef, this is more like it... i commend your effort so far

[SAKABU]

http://dailytrust.com.ng/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16431 2:dpr-abuja-head-aboard-dana-plane-&catid=1:news&Itemid=2
The head of Abuja office of the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), Mr Anthony Nwaokagbara, was among the victims of the Sunday plane crash in Lagos. Also, Dr Emmanuel Asuquo Obot, Executive Director of the Nigerian Conservation Foundation, was among the victims.

OBOT was a PhD (Botany) holder with main areas of work on Biodiversity Conservation, Biodiversity Related Research, Project management, Sustainable Development, Forest Resources Policy, among other studies.

@All: With this announcement, I buried all the insults poured by ABCD and I urge all of us to converge with NNPC hopefuls in black T-shirts to condole Madam Minister on the lost of DPR/NNPC staffs and fire her with demand of our letters either on Thursday or Monday as agreed, I promised to wear a Nija Delta hat with SAKABU inscription on that protest day. Am just by the side of a top shot in NNPC and he appreciates our effort and happy with what we are pushing, he urge us to do it very very soon because he said madam minister is too SELFISH!

[Jesus Army]

Posted on Tuesday, June 5th, 2012
Photo,• Corporate headquarters of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) in Abuja.

By Adeola Yusuf Senior Correspondent, Lagos
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) at the weekend faulted the 2012 budget, stating that the $75 million approved for it by the National Assembly for inland basin exploration among others, was grossly inadequate.
Group Managing Director of the corporation, Austen Oniwon who stated this while welcoming members of the House of Representative Committee on Petroleum Resources (Upstream) on an oversight visit to the NNPC Towers in Abuja, blamed the National Assembly, in a statement issued by the Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs of the NNPC, Dr. Levi Ajuonuma, for the setbacks in the oil exploration activities at the Chad basin with its “paltry” appropriation.
“Last year we proposed a budget but we got just $230,000 which is totally inadequate. This year we proposed a budget of $ 269m for 2012, we only got $75m. So our desire to explore for oil in the Inland Basin is being defeated because of poor budgetary allocation,” he said.
Oniwon, however added that, “but we will continue to try our best so we can open up the Inland Basins to produce more crude and gas for this country.”
On the oil exploration activities at the Inland Sedimentary Basins particularly, the Chad Basin, the GMD lamented the paltry appropriation from the National Assembly which he stated is slowing down the tempo of on-going oil search in the area.
The NNPC boss, in the same vein, called on the House of Representative to assist the oil and gas industry in combating the menace of illegal oil bunkering and crude oil theft which is currently hampering the smooth operation of the petroleum industry.
Engr. Oniwon however reiterated that the nation is currently losing about 180,000 barrels of crude daily to the activities of the crude oil marauders.
“The first challenge which I would like the House to help us with is the high level of insecurity of oil and gas facilities. As at today our operations have been severely handicapped by the activities of these criminals. We lose almost 180,000 barrels of oil per day to criminals. If you reflect back that the total amount of crude produced per day in Ghana which sustains the whole country is about 120,000 barrels, yet as a nation we lose more than that to criminals,’’ Oniwon stated.
The GMD intoned that beyond the financial damage to the national treasury, the bigger implication lies in the near permanent environmental damage to the zone where these illegal activities take place.
The NNPC helmsman warned that if left unchecked the environmental damage wrought by the activities of the oil thieves and illegal oil refineries could make the Ogoniland pollution sage look like a child’s play.

[Jesus Army]

beloved general, welcome back. on this matter,i disagree with you in principle.
the HMPR meant well for the process. she was overwhelmed by corruption.
she come from a well structured background and hoped to practice it in the NNPC.her only crime which i dont blame her,is for not carrying people along, ijawlizing the process and bringing her boys from shell to take over the experienced hires and contarct staff positions.however, the GT is the future of the NNPC.we must encourage her to do what is right and complete the process, without fear or favour.we are fully behind her in this revolution in the industry.

http://dailytrust.com.ng/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16431 2:dpr-abuja-head-aboard-dana-plane-&catid=1:news&Itemid=2
The head of Abuja office of the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), Mr Anthony Nwaokagbara, was among the victims of the Sunday plane crash in Lagos. Also, Dr Emmanuel Asuquo Obot, Executive Director of the Nigerian Conservation Foundation, was among the victims.

OBOT was a PhD (Botany) holder with main areas of work on Biodiversity Conservation, Biodiversity Related Research, Project management, Sustainable Development, Forest Resources Policy, among other studies.

@All: With this announcement, I buried all the insults poured by ABCD and I urge all of us to converge with NNPC hopefuls in black T-shirts to condole Madam Minister on the lost of DPR/NNPC staffs and fire her with demand of our letters either on Thursday or Monday as agreed, I promised to wear a Nija Delta hat with SAKABU inscription on that protest day. Am just by the side of a top shot in NNPC and he appreciates our effort and happy with what we are pushing, he urge us to do it very very soon because he said madam minister is too SELFISH!

[edalob]

the incidents of the past week,is sincerely sad and calls for a sober reflection on the state of infrastructure in our nation.
these infrastucture can only be manned and maintained by a progressive workforce.
the rot in the oil industry is as a result of the low standards in the work force.
we have called off the protest, but even if it had held,it would have failed or made low impact.
with time on our side now,it is important that we strategise on how to make the protest, have impact.
i spoke with some brethen in the human rights and labour community, and these are some things we did not do.
1) we need to be organized..as in a name, a contact address and clear line of leadership.(a headless org is a monster)
2) we need to inform the police, the state security service and the NNPC mgt through correspondence of the protest.(be sure it would get the presidencys attention thereafter)
3) we need to sensitise the public,by creating awareness via television, radio and newspapers 0f thr problem and planned protest.(talk shows,kaakaki,etc)
4) we need to elicit the support of human rights activist to support and speak at the rally,...femi falana,olisa agbakoba,mike ozekhome,etc
5) we need to meet and create departments and directorates (contact persons) to handle the different areas.
6) a world press conference on the day of the protest, at the NUJ lighthouse in ogba.
7) branded shirts, flags, banners and posters.
public address system.....batteries etc
9) clear cut journey mgt....commencement and closing
the intent is to pass a mesasgae in a simple but effective manner
regards

Nice suggestion @JA.

@All let's adopt these suggestions in our protests.

Cheers,

[Favouredstan]

I spoke with Bebrief and all i can say to him is WELL DONE.

Action all the way.

@JA: Nice one. Also endeavour to join in coordinating this process.

@ALL: This struggle needs one thing to succeed " Commitment"

Commit Money, Time and creative thinking.

Togther we shall succeed.

[jonkal]

Jesus army i apreciate ur comments & suggestions regards 2some steps 2be taken but i must remind us dat d essence of d protest is 2mount pressure 4d release of d letters thru d creation of awareness.We're nt embarking on a long time project which u seem indicate by d 2numerous things dat needs 2b done b4 d protest.We dnt need 2go & get a registered office nor put organisational name & structure in place,neither do we need 2go &pull out some very notable activists b4 we make serious impact .Going 2brand t-shirts 2me is an unnecessary expense bt if we can afford such,then fine. Moreover i can assure u dat anyone exposing his or her true identity during d course of dis protest can be sure of having forfeited his employment chances cos they can always tell u dat u didnt scale thru d intervw.Pls lets be more realistic so as not to manufacture stumbling blocks 2dis protest & end up not taking any action at the end of d day & like i've always warned,remember" TIME IS FAST RUNNING OUT ON US.

[surj]

@JA,Tanx.@bebrief,wish i have a sista 2giv u 4 a wife.e 4 b no bride price.@gen SAKABU,welcom back. U shudnt hav stand down.i salute dis house.bliv all hopefuls on dis thread deserves dis job.4 a great positive impact it wil reflect on NNPC

[happinext]

i think we should extend this call to all those are 'hopefuls' in any pending recruitment in govt parastatals. this campaign is against unemployment and injustice. we can even involve labour union, i.e, NLC.

[4gkevin]

Time is not on our side. I employ JA, Bebrief, happinext,Sakub and many others to fashion out the way forward knowing too well dt meeting all it take for a peaceful protest may not be possible and we must move ahead. we can inform the police, very important. And also get in touch with the media. Behave ourself in a civil manner. Appoint a spoke person for each zone. Most of which we already have good reports upon. I am only not sure about that of police correspondence. We don't need to inform NNPC. The police will do that. one luv.

[Jesus Army]

what is worthdoing,is worth doing well.
foremostly, we dont really need an office.just a contact where the group can be reached for negotiations.[
i wouldnt go to war, without a leader. we need to be organized.
the offices of hese actvist are in lagos and abuja..visit them and express your problems. they would advise.it also lends credence to the protest. imagine the confusion,that we dont know our selves,how much more our hosts. we would seem unserious.
listen, we have to reason that we may not be the ones to benefit from this struggle,but never again, would govt agencies toy with the destinies of its youthsQUOTE=jonkal;627310]Jesus army i apreciate ur comments & suggestions regards 2some steps 2be taken but i must remind us dat d essence of d protest is 2mount pressure 4d release of d letters thru d creation of awareness.We're nt embarking on a long time project which u seem indicate by d 2numerous things dat needs 2b done b4 d protest.We dnt need 2go & get a registered office nor put organisational name & structure in place,neither do we need 2go &pull out some very notable activists b4 we make serious impact .Going 2brand t-shirts 2me is an unnecessary expense bt if we can afford such,then fine. Moreover i can assure u dat anyone exposing his or her true identity during d course of dis protest can be sure of having forfeited his employment chances cos they can always tell u dat u didnt scale thru d intervw.Pls lets be more realistic so as not to manufacture stumbling blocks 2dis protest & end up not taking any action at the end of d day & like i've always warned,remember" TIME IS FAST RUNNING OUT ON US.[/QUOTE]

[tohbad]

Jesus army i apreciate ur comments & suggestions regards 2some steps 2be taken but i must remind us dat d essence of d protest is 2mount pressure 4d release of d letters thru d creation of awareness.We're nt embarking on a long time project which u seem indicate by d 2numerous things dat needs 2b done b4 d protest.We dnt need 2go & get a registered office nor put organisational name & structure in place,neither do we need 2go &pull out some very notable activists b4 we make serious impact .Going 2brand t-shirts 2me is an unnecessary expense bt if we can afford such,then fine. Moreover i can assure u dat anyone exposing his or her true identity during d course of dis protest can be sure of having forfeited his employment chances cos they can always tell u dat u didnt scale thru d intervw.Pls lets be more realistic so as not to manufacture stumbling blocks 2dis protest & end up not taking any action at the end of d day & like i've always warned,remember" TIME IS FAST RUNNING OUT ON US.

My understanding was that some pple do not even need the letters to be out again, and that thiss protest goes beyond the 2010 recruitment. correct me pls if this is inaccurate