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The Department of Petroleum
Resources (DPR) and the Interior Ministry and the Nigerian Content Development
and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) have kicked against the abuse of Expatriate quota
by both the multinational and indigenous oil companies in Nigeria.
They warned Oil And Gas
Companies against the abuse of its expatriate quota on manpower particularly by
the International Oil Companies.
DPR and NCDMB said Companies
seeking to engage expatriates in the Nigerian oil and gas industry must obtain
approvals from NCDMB before applying for expatriate quota.
Nigeria has a strict
expatriate quota policy. But it had been discovered that oil and gas companies,
which had been issued with statutory oil and gas industry service permits
(SOGISP) to engage only Nigerian professionals, have started giving the permits
to non-citizens.
“It is also disturbing that
operators and major service providers promote this illegal practice by entering
into contract agreements with these manpower supply companies to source
expatriates for positions earmarked to be occupied by Nigerians,” said the
joint statement by DPR and NCDMB.
“Companies seeking to engage
expatriates in the Nigerian oil and gas industry must ensure that they obtain
the relevant approvals from NCDMB before applying for expatriate quota, or
other entry permits from the Ministry of Interior, the Nigeria Immigration
Service or other agencies of government” NCDMB said.
The statement said, “The
NCDMB will intensify its monitoring and evaluation activities to identify companies
violating the statutory provisions of the DPR manpower supply permits and
perpetuating illegal expatriate deployments, with a view to invoking
appropriate sanctions and penalties.
Credit: financialenergyreview.com
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