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Blue3k: My proposal means nothing and yours means everything...."Employ as many as they can" is simple English. If you understood it, you wouldn't ask if I knew the companies' planned margins. If you own a business, you would know what it means to locate your office close to your assets to avoid extra costs associated with logistics. I'm a bit disappointed you didn't consider that extra costs when HQs and refineries are cited far from the oil fields...They're still making profits, you stated. I have read most of your comments on this thread. You seem to be happy with the police killing people for reasons avoidable. So go on killing the locals until you've chased everyone out of the location. Next start your mining business without the locals, then tell us how well you fared few years from now. Lastly, if you can, stop using demeaning words on fellow nairalanders. It doesn't make you clever. |
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Blue3k: 1. a man who is barely able to feed his family cannot afford a mining licence. It is not cheap. 2. Licences would be awarded a few companies for the entire area, leaving several people without the rights to mine in the area. Hence my proposal for the mining company to employ as many as they can. Since you are so smart, apart from arresting thousands of illegal miners, with children to feed, and put them out of business, what do you propose? |
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Blue3k: Mr. "know it all", Your commando style of doing things will not work on every occasion. You still haven't learnt from your experience in the Niger Delta region. You were issued mining and exploration licences. You paid your taxes and royalties, engaged several security personnel, you owed the communities nothing, yet you could not operate in certain areas of the Niger Delta in the heat of the crisis. I know a company that tried a different approach in communities notorious for violence and kidnappings. They engaged the community youths actively on their jobs, even when they're not under obligation to do so. Needless to add, they spent a substantial amount of their profits helping the communities. And while your companies were running away from the region for security reasons, they were busy making money in peace. Now who is smarter? Your so-called criminal elements, could live a responsible life, if given a chance. You need an open mind to understand that. Stop being dogmatic! Otherwise you'll end up wasting huge sums of money deploying security personnel, and many years down the line the company is yet make profit. |
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Blue3k: There are smart ways of handling sensitive issues like these. But then, the average Nigerian mind might not know it. First, the mining company awarded the mining licence should have seen these local miners as stake holders. Accommodate them by offering many of them training, jobs and contracts when they mechanize the mining operations. Then people will not think they're taking away their daily bread. Instead, they opted for the typical way Nigerian companies do things; 'get the police to drive them out, and I will take everything that's left'...SELFISHNESS AND GREED... You companies know little about corporate social responsibility (CSR)...I could go on and on...but bottom line is: when you place maximum profit above (CSR), your business is bound to run into problems. Second, the level of incompetence of our police has again been laid bare. Instead of destroying properties, why not arrest a few individuals at a time at different times? The news would spread, and you'll discover number of illegal miners would be decreasing with time until you get control of the whole area. If the situation escalates, a trained officer can discern when an irate crowd is gathering momentum thus leave immediately, come back another day with reinforced team and adequate equipment for controlling large crowds. Instead, the average police man thinks such moments are times to show civilians he can shoot to kill...I weep for you people... |
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Dronedude: How would he call for back-up when he's making an illegal arrest. ...You're arresting a citizen but you won't tell him the reason for his arrest. For goodness sake, who trains these officers? |
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Read your comments again and tell us if it makes any sense. Were those motivational speakers born into Forbes list? Did most of them, like Oprah Winfrey, not start from humble beginnings? alexistaiwo: 1 Like |
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I think it's OK. But copying popular lyrics when he's going international is not good for his career. He might be forced to share a large chunk of his profits... ![]() Differential: |
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Kai! If only Ajaokuta steel was ready.... ![]() ![]() 1 Like 2 Shares |
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