A petition to President President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan

Save NPDC from an imminent hostility!!! Being an open letter to President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan GCFR by Niger Delta Oil and Gas Producing Communities Network (NDOGPCN); Benin Development Union (BeDU); and Edo Unity League (EUL). #9, 1st Unueru Lane, Off 1st East Circular Road, Benin City.

Mr. President Sir,

Arising from an emergency meeting of the Joint Trustees Committee (JTC) of the aforementioned supposedly host community groups to the National Petroleum Development Company held on the Sunday 1st March 2015, it has become expedient to most humbly request your utmost Presidential discretion to consider an immediate and unconditional sack of the Managing Director of this integral subsidiary of the Nigeria National Petroleum Company because of the under-listed issues. Without mincing words, the Managing Director of NPDC has inadvertently constituted himself as a clog to the well touted TRANSFORMATION AGENDA in such away that will truncate your deserved electoral gains in forth coming March 28th

1. He seldome report in his duty post and has repeatedly run a sectional tribal management methodology in furtherance of the whilms and caprice of his kinsmen. This is without prejudice to his Igbo ethnic nationality, but any management technique that promotes an ethnic interest over and above that of the Niger Delta people and Nigerians at large is an anatherma on the wheel of NPDC goals and objectives

2. Based on strange-design, the Managing Director emerged from the National Independence Power Project (NIPP); his background and experience is at variance with the requisite orientation for the appointment of the Managing Director of the NPDC. So far, he has shown gross incompetence in dealing with internal and external stakeholders of the establishment leading to a frightening-crack in the corporate image of the enviable Company.

3. Collection of 'alloweee' before contracts award: the rumor mills have it that the Managing Director obtains huge sums of monies through pseudo-clients from contractors before jobs are given out. As we speak, no attempt has been made by him to invite us, despite series of counsels and petitions that we have addressed to him. We even wrote letters for courtesy visits which he never treated. This brazen negation of theinterests of internal and external stakeholders negates the spirit and letter of local content which Mr. President is renowned for. Minor works like cleaners and security personnel are contracted to persons order than hot communty groups like us, and we pray that Mr. President act on this timely to avert the gravitating-tensions of our youths who have been gravely-deprived.

4. There are incontrovertible evdence that the Managing Director brushed-aside existing community of contractors and in its stead recruited new sets of contractors who are either his kinsmen or clienteles of his siblings. The arrrogance with with he carry himself and desecrate laid down rules of management is very imposing that he has unwittingly reduced the spirit and carriage of productivity in both management staff and host communitity groups. As we write, we are in pains that an agency that should have confer more goodwill on the image and achievement of our esteemed President and Commander-in-Chief has been reduced to a family estate of the Managing Director. On less an immeditate and unconditional sack; as well as a holistic overhaul of the Company, we fear that the perilous-end of the establishment is imminent and we are ready to stage fourteen days of 'militant procession' around the establishment if urgent steps are not taken to save the Company from this imminent hostitility.

Mr. Preident should in addition to the above issues varify the following :transfer of all senior Niger Delta staff from their positions to be replace by his kinsmen who were hitherto junior staff and lack requisite job orientation; alleged collection of huge sums of money from contractors building the head office before approving payment, which is their entitlements; allegedly referred contractors for payment on the SNOPEC project that does not exist.

Mr. President, we solemnly make this humane open letter to your good self, in the hope that prompt actions will be invoked in order to safeguard the overal interest of the NPDC and host communities. please accept the assurances of our peaceful coexistence withthe establishement insofar that desirable inputs are executed.

Dr. Oboma Isaiah Esq.
For and on behalf of the Joint Trustees Committee of :

NDOGPCN, BeDU, and EUL.