Foreign contractors who fail to open operational bases in Bonny Island for the Train 7 project, will be sanctioned by the Federal Government, going by the warning handed out by the Executive Secretary, Nigeria Content Development and Monitoring Board, Mr Simbi Wabote, at the formal opening of The Promise Fast Food and Restaurant in Bonny Local Government Area of Rivers State.
Wabote, who made the disclosure over the weekend, said some of the subcontractors participating in the Train 7 project had refused to open their offices in Bonny, thereby denying the youths jobs.
His words: “We have built Train 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6, and when you ask those companies about their office location, you will discover that the majority of them are not in Bonny.
“Rather, they prefer to operate from Italy and Dubai while importing items into Bonny Island. Whenever NCDMB resists such attempts, the contractors go on a blackmail spree”, he said.
Wabote promised to continue to push for the establishment of more operational bases of all the companies that are coming to participate in the Train 7 project in Bonny.
He commended the President of Integrated Catering Company, owners of The Promise, Oluwatoyin Alabi, for his massive Investment in Bonny aimed to feed and cater for the over 10,000 workers that are expected to work in the Train 7 project.
In his address, President of Integrated Catering Company, owners of The Promise, Oluwatoyin Alabi, revealed that over 600 Nigerians are currently working in its 25 outlets across the country. Stating further that over 50 youths with 95 per cent of them indigenes of Bonny have been recruited to work in its Bonny outlet.
