The Edo Unity League, EUL, has sent a highly worded petition
to the Minister of Works Mr Mike Onomlemen over a looming threat to breakdown
of law and order, which could negatively impact on the construction works of
the Benin-Abuja road project, if the
Management of the Reynolds Construction Company – Ofosu/Benin project sites is
not called to order.
In the petition titled a case of flagrant disdain to a
Memorandum of Understanding by RCC, and a deliberate attempt at provoking the people’s hostilities against Benin-Abuja
construction works and signed by the Vice Chairman, Board of Trustees,
Architect Osagioduwa Kelly Obamogie, the
EUL alleges that the Management of RCC has decided to obliterate the Indigenous
Employment Quota of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as it relates to employment of Edo state
indigenes on casual and management staff and the Local Content mantra of
President Goodluck Jonathan.
The Edo Unity League also observed that RCC is fond of
boasting of association with their
National and International trustees as a basis for their disrespect to the
common tenets of corporate social-responsibilities which the body finds a betrayal of Mr. President’s transformation
agenda
The league says this attitude if not checked will lead to outburst and exuberance of Edo youths, who are
being deprived of daily casual jobs and local materials supplies.
MEAN WHILE, The Edo
Unity League notes that although they
have no written document to support the well-founded speculation that the
federal Ministry of Works Ministry is
aiding and abetting RCC to continually inflicting divide-and-rule tendencies on their host communities,
the minister’s dispassionate response
to the open letter by investigating the propriety and substance
of the petition will
expunge the thoughts while upholding
the Peoples faith on Mr. President’s unwavering commitment to justice
and equity.
The body recalled that the memorandum of understanding struck
between the Management of RCC and the trustees of the Benin Development Union ,
BDU, in Lagos on May 29th and 30th, 2013 during a massive sack of youths and
minor works contract withdrawal by the RCC against Benin/Ofosu community
members, was based on Corporate Social Responsibly, CSR, act.
The act empowers
organizations to recruit or engage members of host communities in their daily
or periodic operations geared towards maintaining mutual peace and
understanding, increased productivity of host community members and firms,
sustainable and meaningful development of the areas, socio-economic empowerment
of the youths and overall human capital development of the citizenry or host
communities members.
Copies of the petition were sent to amongst others RCC, His Royal Majesty – Oba Erediauwa, Oba of
Benin, Governor of Edo State Mr Adams
Oshiomhole , Public Complaints Commission, Association of Enigies of Edo South
and the Nigerian Union of Journalists, Edo State chapter
Wrt/oed,
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