By Michael J. Ekokoruwe
The president general of Oleh community, Chief Comr. Believe Alakri has revealed that the protest by Oleh community in Isoko South Local Government Area is as the result of the continued marginalization of employment slots by Heritage Energy Operational Services Limited management, HEOSL
He said the current ongoing protest will continue until the demands raised by the community are met.
Alakri make the statement while speaking to journalists at Oleh, Isoko South local government area of Delta State, as the protest by Oleh community women continued the second day.
According to him, “Heritage Energy Operational Services Limited, manager Cluster 5 of OML 30, must have cordial relationship with Oleh community to enable them operate.
“The protest is a fight that will benefit entire community and until the company respond to all the demand in a concise dialogue, Oleh community will continue the protest.
“Oleh community will wait for the management of the oil company for dialogue as everything to sustain the protest is readily available and we insisting that phone response to unknown individuals is not the solution”.
Reacting to insinuation that Mr. Clement Uzi, has been reinstated by the contractor, Gran – Abiams catering department, the president general said, Oleh community is not aware, stressing that all the demand must be resolved through dialogue without sentiment.
Alakri said, the Odiologbo of Oleh Kingdom is aware of the protest and he is not happy with the development, adding that the ‘Freedom to Operate’ contract by the catering department in the GMou is yet to be signed by Oleh community.
He posited that, “Heritage must go, if Oleh community demands are not meet”, emphasizing that dialogue is the way out with Oleh people or at the local government council.
He restated that the employment slots hijacked by the management of Heritage Oil Firm must be released, just as he decried intervention job ricketing, adding that indigenous contractors gets menial work, while major work goes to contractors from other ethnic nationality.
For her part, the women leader of Oleh community, Mrs. Juliana Itewor, who expressed the frustration of the women, reveals that no Oleh woman is employed as staff of the company.
She stated that, the women will remain at the logistics base of the oil company, no matter how long, until the company respond to their demand.
