48hrs more 4me 2b by total's office opposit towers waitin 4d 1st step in d reformin n crackin of dis country
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48hrs more 4me 2b by total's office opposit towers waitin 4d 1st step in d reformin n crackin of dis country
Terraco u better take ur time!
Look us for face. We be u like ppl way wan go dere go beg for job?? We're going dere to tell dem not to ever try it next tym with us.
Greatest nigerian youths...great...I am very happy dat we have finally resolved to go on a peaceful protest...I am currently in lagos but will be in abuja by tomorrow so I can partake in d protest scheduled to hold in front of total filling station,however I will like to knw the time of commencement cos I knw I will b in a meeting btw 8am and 10am on monday after which I will walk down to meet my fellow comrades... No going back on dis one cos he who has falling need not fear...
On protest i stand, ph guys no going back, no dulling, we r nt kids.
I am going to take prayers from my pastor tomorrow to see me through the protest, cuz without prayers I will definitely show my other side but we don't want that. @all, we've taken a decision, we have passed the point of no return, the protest must hold, if they like they should come and tell us this evening that there was an emergency meeting today and that letters will be dspatched on monday, no wahala, they can give us our letters on the protest ground, it will even be better for them economically. Don't be discouraged or deceived, the only thing we can do now is to go out and let the world know what the thieves in NNPC has been doing with our (FG) money budgeted for RECRUITMENT year in year out.......... If not for this subsidy saga most persons won't know how much was being spent on subsidy yearlyan if we don't go out you won't know how much these people have been collecting under the name of recruitment..... The most annoying part is that they made us to spend the little we even have....... How long shall we continue to wait in NHJ and allow them to use us to make their billions? We are not materials for money rituals, if you want to continue to be silent I wish you the best but as for me 4th of June is the day I cease to be used by some.....................
@ Arabic4real I thought you would seek out an imam not pastor.... L̳̿☺ː̗̀(=)))ː̖́☺L̳̿
Just pray for all us o! Success of the rally and speedy relaese of our letters!!!!!
Lagos where is ur venue? Lagos where is ur venue?
@nne mak. I know u'll be thinking that I am from the Northern part of this country because of my username, but am not. I am from one of the Niger Delta states
Lagos venue: chicken republic,awolowo roaD ikoyi
If this government fails, no other govt can get it right in Nigeria, if it exists. Mark my words.
@ Abcd123: It's like u have got ur bloody leta thru the back door like few others and are afraid of its reversal. Also u reason like retired corper. Your path is doomed already.
06/01/2012
By Joe Brock
ABUJA | Tue May 29, 2012 9:00am BST
(Reuters) - Nigeria's long-awaited oil law, when it finally comes, looks likely to be a botched job that gives favourable tax terms to foreign oil firms while doing little to satisfy calls for transparency and reform of a corrupt and wasteful sector.
A new draft of the long-awaited Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) is close to being finalised, potentially ending years of uncertainty that has blocked billions of dollars of investment.
Licensing rounds, contract renewals and investment have been put on hold for five years pending the new bill to regulate Africa's top oil and gas industry. Passing the bill will allow such work to resume.
But provisions that would have forced the government to publish how much oil it pumps and all the payments it receives from oil firms - in an industry where secrecy is blamed for corruption - have been stripped from the bill.
"I expect the petroleum industry to be happy. I expect many Nigerians to be upset," said Pedro Van Meurs, an oil and gas expert who has consulted with the government on the PIB.
"Transparency provisions related to corporate income tax, hydrocarbon tax and production sharing were deleted. This should be a source of concern."
The PIB is meant to change everything from fiscal terms to overhauling the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). Its comprehensive nature caused years of disputes between lawmakers, ministers and oil majors.
The latest copy proposes some changes that will improve transparency: keeping royalty payments secret will not be allowed, for instance. Oil company profit taxes proposed in the bill are also in the public domain for the first time.
But it does not require disclosure of oil sales, of other taxes like income and hydrocarbon tax, nor of payments to the government, including signature bonuses. Openness on such subjects is vital to clean up the energy sector, say campaigners.
President Goodluck Jonathan commissioned a task force in January to fast-track a new copy of the PIB, which makes the passage of this condensed version more likely, even if the national assembly debate on it takes a while.
Jonathan said on Tuesday the new PIB would be sent to the national assembly next month.
"Passage of any piece of legislation brings a level of certainty to the industry that has been absent for years," said Gordon Bottomley, Nigeria analyst at Ergo, a New York-based advisory firm that has been closely tracking the PIB.
"(But) the re-organisation of ... Nigeria's oil and gas industry is going to be far from painless. And this bill, in terms of transparency, appears less than desirable."
NEW POWERS FOR MINISTER
The bill also gives the oil minister new supervisory powers over all industry institutions, including a new regulator to police downstream and upstream, raising concerns about checks and balances. Lawmakers had rejected drafts that did this in the past.
It says anyone who "interferes" with the minister will be fined or imprisoned. And it allows the oil minister and the directors of state institutions to receive gifts, which will not please civil society groups calling for an end to graft.
Foreign oil companies like Shell, Chevron and Exxon will be relieved that tax changes are more favourable compared with previous versions. This could be a sticking point with lawmakers seeking a better deal for Nigeria.
Analysts say that the taxes foreign firms pay on profits onshore, which will be published under the PIB, will amount to a big cut from the taxes that are now levied in secret.
Furthermore, the cut will apply both to existing fields and to new fields, unlike in earlier versions of the law which cut taxes only on new fields, the analysts say. Van Meurs says the government could lose 20-50 percent of its tax revenue per barrel on existing assets.
NATIONAL OIL COMPANY
Detail is thin on plans to partly sell off the mismanaged NNPC, seen by experts as the biggest barrier to progress.
Nigeria exports some 2 million barrels per day (bpd) but could double that with a better-managed state oil firm able to pay for its share of joint ventures, foreign oil majors say.
NNPC was last month described by parliament as "answerable to no one" in a probe into a $6.8 billion fuel subsidy fraud. It is accused by oil traders of owing billions in unpaid bills.
The NNPC rejects allegations of corruption or insolvency.
The PIB proposes a new National Oil Company (NOC), which will within three years be partly listed, in theory leading to much-needed accountability.
But the PIB isn't clear on what assets the NOC gets. The old NNPC would still exist and keep joint ventures and production sharing contracts with oil majors, which cover the majority of Nigeria's known oil and gas reserves, for an indefinite period.
"For arguably the most important element of the bill, it is worrying the section on NNPC is both brief and vague," an executive at an oil major operating in Nigeria said.
There is also no domestic gas pricing in the bill, which is key to unlocking the world's seventh largest gas reserves.
Left in doubt are onshore licenses Oil Minister Diezani Alison-Madueke is in the process of renewing. She signed a 20-year one with Exxon worth trillions of dollars in February and has promised to do the same with Shell and Chevron by June.
It has not been made clear whether they will include clauses exempting them from the PIB, in which case a huge portion of the oil business would not be governed by the new bill.
"It's meant to be single framework for everything in oil and gas. If you are going to have it but then do a special deal for, say, Exxon ... That would be a huge departure from what the bill was meant to be," said Antony Goldman, head of PM Consulting.
(Additional reporting by Tim Cocks in Lagos; Editing by Tim Cocks and Peter Graff)
WORLD
Honestly, this NNPC's recruitment had realy extended much than expected. That is question a right-thinking candidate should ask himself.lets make the protest a peaceful one to get their explanation well and get our result. see u omn moday at NNPC lagos office at ikoyi, lagos.
where is port harcourt venue?
From ealier post PH venue is Refinary Junction, Eleme.
Lagos venue: chicken republic,awolowo roaD ikoyi
Abuja: Total filling station Opp NNPC towers !!!!!
Warri Venue, pls?
well i support o. even though i am more of the indoors type, at present i am garnering zoom-to potential for the lagos venue. it time to ARISE (or is it occupy
Pls what is this all venue about
dear compatriot i besiege you, lets come out enmass for this mission, the number present at each venue lents the protest credence. it is like a broom, it is the number that matters. please and please it should be peaceful. IT IS ONE FOR ALL, ALL FOR ONE! VICTORA ASCERT!!
courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air....john quincy. Do not give in to dreams, fantacies, and deceit of any kind. tolerance level has been breached! LETS GO THERE!!
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Brethren, this is a final note to us all concerning this protest. Please do know that this is a peaceful protest and no act of violence will be entertained whatsoever. We shall be there to express our harrowing experience with this system of recruitments. Any individual that demonstrates act of violence will be gladly handed over to the police because he has breached our agreement. We must prove civil and make our points known with absolute decorum. Finally, here are the take off points for the various states:Abuja- Total filling Station opposite the towersLagos- Chicken republic by Awolowo road, Ikoyi.PH- Refinery junction
BraveJustice, dats a nice one. Avbn an ardent follower of dis thread rite frm its existence. Dis is ma 1st major contribution. D protest is a welcome devlpmnt n d fact dat its bn agreed to b a peaceful one mks it more awesome. A lot of us who follow d thread bhu do not comment wud luv to b part of dese peaceful protest. I bet u, dia are a whole lot of dem in Warri. May I crave ur indulgence in fixin a venue for Warri hopefuls..I wud suggest NNPC Zonal office, Opp Naval base,along Warri/Sapele Rd.
@ Mr flaunt i think ur suggestion is on track, den u will be d coordinator in warri, we know warri boys very well so u have a lot of job as far cooling their temper, let them no enter naval base. lol, let it be peaceful, we don't intend taking law into our hands,we remains patriotic citizens.
We want dis country 2 excell in gud governance, accountability nd respect 2 rule of law nt corruption. whoever wish us or dis nation bad. we pray d spirit of peace 2 visit him nd change his thoughts,if he is nt d change type,we pray 4 God's intervention b/w d gud peple of dis nation nd his/her evil.
As we hv less dan 24hrs,we pray 4 d success of d protest nd call dose authorities 2 order/bring back things on track, if cancellation of dis process is d best 4 all d hopefuls as long as dis (protest) will bring 2 an end 'shape practices' henceforth, let it b Oh LORD, 2 u all mankind are answerable.
@Musty4u, its okay. I hope to do my best. With this, I implore all Warri hopefuls n well-meaning Warri youths to converge @ NNPC Zonal office gate by 8.30am for d protest..I expect d bunch of PTI stdents who tuk part in d recruitment exercise to show up. I equally xpect oda Warri hopefuls who hav bn commentin on dis thread to show up. Aluta Continua! Victoria Acenta.
Both d spirit n body are willing! Am praying for a successful protest 2morow.
May God guide n protect us all. The aim will b achieved in Jesus Name.(AMEN)
any ideas as to how one can follow the protest live on twitter or facebook?
@All,
Firstly, I want to appreciate the views of @naijapatriot12 to this debacle. your view of "mass inquiry" is bedrock of this peaceful protest. However, I do not agree that questions should not be asked about the almost 2years delay in the process, even after the passage of 2012 budget into law and the probe report now out. This is givin the precedent of the 2008 botched recruitment and the looming retirement of NNPC management. Though we should NOT put words into their mouth by mentioning the PIB, they rather explain themselves and give a definite date for release of letters.
I therefore wish to seek your permission to edit your earlier write-up, to be incorporated as aPress Statement by NNPC/DPR hopefuls to be delivered and published in as many nationaldailiesas possible and to be aired on both radio and TV on Monday 4th June, 2012 ahead of our planned peaceful protest at all NNPC offices in Abuja, Lagos andPort-Harcourt.
Our fundamental human rights to peaceful protest is in line with sections 39-40 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999, as well as Articles 9-11 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples' right. It baffles me how @ABCD123 resorts to reckless insults and abusive statement in order to "dissuade" those trying to express their civic rights. I believe everyone is entitled to his/her own opinion, but no one is entitled to insult the other.
In view of our need to seek police consent and security, I was at office of the Commissioner of Police, Lagos state Police command Ikeja, where I filled an application for permit for a peaceful protest dated 31st May 2012 and officially acknowledged. In my application, I also stated that the same protest shall be taking place in Abuja, Port-Harcourt as in Lagos, so we can all be covered nationwide. In addition, I have notified the Police Public Relations Office as well as the Ikoyi/Onikan Police station appropriately.
Also the press statement has been circulated to media houses to be published on Monday, 4th June 2012. The following media houses have so far been copied: ThisDay, Leadership, The Sun, The Guardian and Vanguard newspapers, as well as CoolFM radio station thru radio presenter Super-C and NTA thru TV presenter, Cyril Stober.
Here is a repeat of the programme for the peaceful protest for tomorrow Monday 4th July 2012:
Time: 8am prompt (no African time)
Lagos: Converge @ Chicken republic by Awolowo road, proceed to NNPC Zonal Office, Ikoyi for protest
Abuja: Converge @ Total filling station opp. NNPC Towers, proceed to NNPC Towers main gate (not visitor's gate) for protest
Port Harcourt: Converge @ Refinery Junction Eleme, proceed to front of Port Harcourt Refining Company (PHRC) for protest
Warri: Converge @ NNPC Zonal office, opp. Naval base, along Warri/Sapele Road for protest
May God bless our efforts...Amen.
The coordinators should print a copy of the press statement below, to be delivered and distributed to press men and women present at the protest:
A PRESS STATEMENT BY CONCERNED NIGERIAN GRADUATES ON THE CONTINUED DELAY OF NNPC/DPR MANAGEMENT TO RELEASE APPOINTMENT LETTERS TO SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES AFTER MONTHS OF INTERVIEW AND DEHUMANISATION OF NIGERIAN GRADUATES
Sometime around August in 2011, the Group Managing Director (GMD) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation announced to the consternation of Nigerians that 80% of the over 40,000 Nigerians that sat for the recruitment test of the corporation failed. This result was even more disastrous considering the fact that those who failed where either first class or second class upper degree graduates. Nine months later, fellow Nigerians, the successful candidates who were being interviewed at the time that very inauspicious declaration was made do not know their fate. To fully appreciate the import of the following discourse, the reader might need to be informed that this recruitment process began in November 2010, when the NNPC announced recruitment positions in the corporation and its subsidiaries.
On the 25th day of March 2011, over 40,000 young, bright and promising Nigerian youths sat for the NNPC's recruitment test in various locations across the country having met the stipulated recruitment criteria. Many of these young chaps, including yours sincerely, had to pass through a lot of rigors in order to write this test. Many of the candidates had to embark on harrowing journeys on the death traps we call inter-state roads. Others traveled from various parts of the world- Europe, the Americas, Asia, and Australia on personally funded flights.
On getting to the test venues, instead of a little respite in the form of already sorted out logistics, they were welcome by what could best be described as cut-and-nail arrangements. In their hordes, these hopeful Nigerian youths bore the infernal heat of the sun, as they waited for the officials of the NNPC and Phillips Consulting, to make face-saving reparations to their blighted first impressions. Such was the hope of the "hopefuls", that even though a test that was earlier scheduled for 11am was delayed till about 5pm (and even 6pm in some venues), their resolve was not in a bit deterred. They strained their eyes to make use of the little light the dark halls could afford them. Nothing could better define the enthusiasm of these young ones than the arrival of a newly wedded bride still dressed resplendently in her wedding gown making her way through the crowd to "secure her future".
Despite these inconveniences, 20% of the candidates - as asserted by no less a person than the GMD himself, braved the odds, passed the test and were invited for interviews. The last batch of successful candidates were interviewed at the NNPC towers in mid-august 2011, in a time when the security situation of Nigeria could best be described as tenuous, owing to the endless bombings that were becoming rife. Once again, optimistic Nigerians made the trip to the NNPC towers across lands, air and oceans at personal expense.
As is the tradition, account numbers of the interviewees were collected to facilitate payment of their transportation allowances. Forward to nine months later and the “hopefuls” are still hoping. There is no gain saying that the Phillips Consulting officials and the NNPC senior staff members involved in the recruitment exercise have been paid their allowances, while not even the transportation allowances of the interviewees have been paid.
Nine months gone and counting, hopefuls have been waiting with bated breath for the conclusion of this recruitment process. Hopefuls are increasingly wary, because the conspiracy of silence on this process forebodes ominous signals as was the case with the 2008 recruitment, which was ingloriously swept under the carpet. The expectations have reached feverish pitch as evidenced by discussions on various fora created for this purpose.
The question that keeps begging for an answer is: What offense did the Nigerian youth commit? Even though the issue of the fuel subsidy probe has been espoused as a possible excuse for the delays by some, the corporation and its parent ministry have gone ahead to present and defend budgets for the year which made provisions for increased manpower. If the NNPC management doesn’t have ulterior motives, what then is stopping the release of appointment letters to successful interviewees? If the GMD was so quick to denigrate those who in his allusions are pretenders to the degrees they possess, is it not only fair to reward those who proved their mettle.
The NNPC and her sister organisation, the Department of the Petroleum Resources (DPR) have decided to play the ostrich concerning the recruitment of a few deserving Nigerian youths, whereas in this nation, billions of Naira have gone into sustaining the avarice of a few undeserving persons including top management staff of these two organizations. It is even more disheartening that in the recently held ministerial platform, the Minister under whose watch this hogwash was perpetuated shied away from it. It needs some reiteration that it is the career of hardworking, deserving young Nigerians that is being toyed with by a privileged few. The President, Minister and top management staff of these organizations should remember that “those whose nuts were cracked by benevolent spirits are morally obliged to others”.
The successful conclusion of this process or otherwise will call to question the genuineness of Mr. President’s transformation agenda, which most of the hopefuls bought into, and gave him their votes for. It is unjust that in this nation, a cabal of few persons who brought this nation down on her knees still run amok, whereas the employment of a few thousand youths (whose collective annual wages wouldpale in the face of a single loot) has become a matter of contention. So far, the hopefuls have remained calm. We are gentlemen and ladies in the very sense of it; we are responsible professionals/would be professionals, but there is a point to which we can suffer the evil in the land.
We are therefore taking our destinies in our hands by waging a peaceful protest as law-abiding and responsible citizens to draw the attention of government to the evil menace. It is our hope that the government, the Minister and management of NNPC lends a listening ear to our plea and respond by a speedy conclusion of this long-running recruitment process and invite successful candidates for training.
We appreciate the involvement of media and civil society to our cause as an injustice against the Nigerian youth is one against the nation's future.
GOD BLESS YOU!
GOD BLESS NNPC/DPR!
GOD BLESS NIGERIAN GRADUATES!
GOD BLESSTHE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA!
Signed:
NNPC/DPR hopefuls online forum.
To: All print and electronic media houses in Nigeria
Cc: Group General Manager HR, NNPC
Director, DPR
Group Managing Director, NNPC
HonorableMinister of Petroleum Resources
President, Federal Republic of Nigeria
To be delivered on Monday 4th June 2012 at a peaceful protest/demonstration at all NNPC offices in Abuja, Lagos and Port Harcourt
The struggle continues, victory is certain!!!
ALUTA CONTINUA, VICTORIA ACERTA!!!
@ eruan20 there will be live and direct updates on this forum across the states, where information will be shared on situation at hand, suggestion and recommendations will be volunteered, we said it already, no violence please.Quote:
Originally Posted by eruan20
@Bebrief, nice one
@ Bebrief, God bless u for ur effort, i so much like people with extra-ordinary courage, so ladies and gentlemen its time to act.
"A Bill of Rights is what the people are entitled to against every government, and what no just government should refuse, or rest on inference." THOMAS JEFFERSON
"At twenty a man is full of fight and hope. He wants to reform the world. When he is seventy he still wants to reform the world, but he know he can't." RODNEY DANGERFIELD
"The resistance that you fight physically in the gym and the resistance that you fight in life can only build a strong character" ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER
"I weep for the liberty of my country when I see at this early day of its successful experiment that corruption has been imputed to many members of the House of Representatives, and the rights of the people have been bartered for promises of office" ANDREW JACKSON.
I BELIEVED WE HAVE ENOUGH REASON TO PROTEST, GENTLEMEN DON'T MIND THOSE SENSELESS INDIVIDUALS LIKE ABCD123, A FOOL THAT DOES NOT KNOW THAT HE IS A FOOL.
@ Bebrief: Thanks for this great effort. You are a proactive and courageous leader. @ Naijapatriot12: Thanks for your positive initiative. Very intelligent work though.@ All team leaders, pls get a copy of Bebrief’s public address to be delivered at each location (Abuja, Lagos, PH, and Warri). May God help us in this great effort. I have an intuition that this sacrifice will never be in vein.SHALOM!
Many tanx 2all hopefuls who hav shown unshakable courage in d face of various attempts by those who seem comfortable wit d colossal rot & decay in our system 2discourage us & truncate dis planned protest.I assure u dat our victory is already sure.We hav prayd all d prayers we need 2pray & now is d time 4action.Dat same courage we hav exhibited so far is what defines d names of: MARTIN LURTHER KING Jnr,NELSON MADIBA MANDELA,LATE LEGAL ICON GANI FAWEHINMI,BASHORUN MKO ABIOLA,& our founding fathers especially LATE Pa ANTHONY ENAHORO who defied all odds,opposition,& even threats 2his own life 2continue for 3years in moving d motion at d floor of d National Assembly persistently demandng 4Nigeria's independence from white colonialists.Who knows where we would hav been 2day if not for their sacrifice.Perhaps in one of d plantations as slave labourers working 4 whitemen.God forbid.As we move against injustice 2mrw,lets go wit dat same "never say die spirit".ALUTA CONTINUA! VICTORIA ACERTA!!
I thought a gestapo would be on the rampage, i thought we will take them through a macabre dance of molten lead. since the house is unanimous in its resolve on peaceful protest, the terror intended to be unleashed by selected gestapos and espionage is hereby suspended. i hereby postulate a violent free protest in tandem with the gentle manliness of the formidable crop of egg heads present in this forum, since an aphorism has it that the collective intelligence of the society is presumed sounder than individual reasoning. In lieu of the suspended intention of violence, i suggest the display of vocal efficiency, coherence in locution and an unblemished command of the lingua franca through a clarion call and a challenge to prof salvage to make himself available at the Abuja protest, so that they can truly be dazed by the profundity of our erudition. All hopefuls should brace up to this historical challenge and assist to sweep out the cobwebs of deceit from the bureaucratic structure that is operational in Nigeria, by coming out enmasse to kick out the monolithic stance of disregard for the Nigerian graduate. It is not about the letters, it is about making them realise that we have a right to be heard, and Nigeria is our father land and not for the selected few or bandwagon of oligarchy. i wll personally be at tha Abuja protest, see the brave minds at the Abuja protest. Prof salvage please be there, even if it means embarking on an impromptu flight from your base in Newyork, your presence will be a plus factor.
To Those of you who see this protest as the Ultimate.
May I Now Ask.
WHAT WILL BE THE NEXT STEP OF ACTION IF NOTHING STILL HAPPENS.????? ???? ???
I guess Not Suicide!
Vanguard Newspapers @vanguardngrnews3m
Levi Ajuonuma,GM Corporate Affairs, NNPC has
been confirmed to be in the ill-fated Dana Air
flight. #DanaAir, #Lagosplanecrash
yeah levi ajuonuma ...may his soul rest in peace