Egbema and Gbaramatu graduates in Warri North and Warri South-West Local Government Areas of Delta State on Wednesday threatened to sack Chevron Nigeria Limited from Ijaw land if they are not able to meet up with an ultimatum of seven days given to them to get them, (Ijaw youth) employed.

The two kingdoms had warned that Chevron’s activities in the state would be frustrated if they do not devise better ways of getting the unemployed youth from the area empowered in the next seven days, stating that the two kingdoms had been treated unfairly by Chevron.

In a petition signed by the chairman, Mr. Ojusin Innoncent , the former students under the backings of KOMBOT Employment Front  drew the attention of  the Group Managing Director of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNP to their problems, stating  that  Chevron had utterly sidelined Ijaw graduates from Egbema and Gbaramatu kingdoms , and have pushed them aside in terms of employment opportunity.

They affirmed that while their brothers from the South-West and Southeast are constantly recruited after every interview, they have been left to suffer even after they had gone for different interviews as organized by Chevron

They had asked Chevron to recruit the 39 Egbema-Gbaramatu applicants, who, they claimed, did very well in the Ogere training programme and interview.

KOMBOT had also advocated for the return of Ijaw indigenes who were relieved of their jobs by Chevron in February 2011. It further affirmed that it will carry out its threat if the company takes the warnings for granted.

http://dailypost.com.ng/2012/09/14/employ-us-next-7-days-leave-ijaw-youth-tell-chevron/

Youth development is paramount to economy and social development in Niger delta states.

I HEAR VOICES....SAYING "one day bushmeat go catch the hunter" but are we indeed bushmeat in our land to this "chevron men" I

I supprot y'all!

This Ijaw people dey always make me laugh. It's true that this companies have their own shortcomings but i also know from experience that most of these south-south guys are darn lazy.
I don't see the reason why a company would have an enterprising pool of people to recruit from and would still go out of their locality to employ, my only advise to the Ijaw youths is to get their acts together, then see how this people would be courting your service, no dey think say because u don get OIL make u come dey behave anyhow.
Though those companies get their own for hand, sha....

They should allocate a quota to the catchment area after all Nigeria is a country of quota-system.

Like play like play, groups are coming upwith different reason the distablise the peace of the nation.I am not against it, but lets government harken to our voice

Dialogue and not violent agitation would aid Ijaw youth demand

O ya chevron Abegi look into the plights of these Ijaw youth