hinwazaka:

A republican mole who will actually be in cohorts with the supposed froggy eyed woman. You and your supporters don't know what will hit you

Why then are you wailing?

laudate:


Huh? Did you read Miranda11's comment? My post was done in response to her remarks, oh!

Your stand was no different from your earlier posts.

Miranda11:
If the 1000 are incompetent and have no value to add, then they shld go because there are a lot of incompetent hands in NNPC. A lot of the staff were recruited on a man know man basis which is not bad if they are competent to do the job and can add value to NNPC, but unfortunately this has not been the case so what's the need keeping some1 that has no value to add that's just a waste of moneyed . That money can be used to employ pple who are more competent and have value to add in order to help NNPC become a more profitable and efficient corporation.

This cleansing should apply to the entire agencies and parastatals under the Ministry of Petroleum Resources and the federal civil service. To deserve a job with the Govt you must be competent to perform, gone are the days when incompetent pple are employed on a man know man basis. Change is truly here indeed.

yea..you want to have the job,be the best in it...!!! how?? learn ,learn and learn...we should even apply it to the churches...anybody that dont understand that,he should be a saint in the church must be sacked!!!!.........

Oya go home and Go and learn a skill

Some jobless youth in this country dont even know their right from left> This retirement of old quacks who dont want retire will definitely give room for more employment whether we like it or not. We should appreciate and encourage it. Change is here Nigerians.

Laudate,

I am not sure you read the article well. Or maybe your primordial dislike for his background or ideologies is tainting your understanding of some of his actions.

The article said 2 things.

1. About 800 of the 1000 were already on their way out due to AGE and years of service.

2. That he is not responsible for the lower cadre retrenchments. He only handled that of the GEDs, GGMs and GMs and he has delegated the responsibility of weeding out redundant, unproductive, overaged and overworked staff to those below him.

It is also important to take note that there is an ongoing recruitment process for EH and GT that I am sure will be used to replace some of the redundant workers in due time.

Grabs biro and paper



Start drafting cv


Laptop bat3 dead


Starts Running to business center

laudate:
I said it before, and Kachikwu is proving me right... "the undertakers have arrived."

This man will go down in history, as the one who supervised the demise of NNPC.

you do not know anything

laudate:


Very funny! Provide proof please, that the entire 1,000 people were incompetent. This is one problem with Nigeria. You guys will shout blue murder if the affected people are your kinsmen, but as long as they remain faceless... you really do not care. There is something called professional experience, institutional memory etc. All these will be lost in a single day, because some clowns sat down and decided to lay off 1,000 people in one fell swoop instead of taking time out to conduct a thorough investigation, then gradually phase out those who are not pulling their weight, within the system. A well-structured handover and succession process would then be instituted, as these people gradually wind down, and leave the system. Was that done in this case?? Kindly let us know.

And where are the more competent people that are to be employed? Is it from the pool of unemployed graduates on our shores, that do not even know how to write a single business case or memo??

A man takes over as GMD of NNPC and in just one week decides that the first thing to do, is sack 1,000 people. It is not as if any process was automated, that made these people redundant. It is not that a new process or structure was instituted, that did not require the presence of so many people. It is not as if any major departmental function was outsourced. So what was the criteria used in laying off this huge number of staff?

What is the total number of staff employed by NNPC that would justify laying off 1,000 people? And do they even have enough money to pay off their terminal benefits in a timely manner??

You're right my dear.

Why it's good to read before making a comment. The 1000 to be sacked are people approaching retirement with one and a half years left for service. And for another of your question, NNPC employs 9500 staffs... And before you start asking numerous questions like you know more than these people doing the restructuring, ask yourself if you know more than them and if they've also got brains like you do or perhaps better brains. Don't just assume they also don't take your concerns into consideration, also maybe you want to look at the achievements of the new GMD to reassure yourself that he's probably of the right track.

laudate:


Very funny! Provide proof please, that the entire 1,000 people were incompetent. This is one problem with Nigeria. You guys will shout blue murder if the affected people are your kinsmen, but as long as they remain faceless... you really do not care. There is something called professional experience, institutional memory etc. All these will be lost in a single day, because some clowns sat down and decided to lay off 1,000 people in one fell swoop instead of taking time out to conduct a thorough investigation, then gradually phase out those who are not pulling their weight, within the system. A well-structured handover and succession process would then be instituted, as these people gradually wind down, and leave the system. Was that done in this case?? Kindly let us know.

And where are the more competent people that are to be employed? Is it from the pool of unemployed graduates on our shores, that do not even know how to write a single business case or memo??

A man takes over as GMD of NNPC and in just one week decides that the first thing to do, is sack 1,000 people. It is not as if any process was automated, that made these people redundant. It is not that a new process or structure was instituted, that did not require the presence of so many people. It is not as if any major departmental function was outsourced. So what was the criteria used in laying off this huge number of staff?

What is the total number of staff employed by NNPC that would justify laying off 1,000 people? And do they even have enough money to pay off their terminal benefits in a timely manner??

MrMcJay:


Why then are you wailing?

Am wailing on your account

Eruditor:
Laudate,

I am not sure you read the article well. Or maybe your primordial dislike for his background or ideologies is tainting your understanding of some of his actions.

The article said 2 things.

1. About 800 of the 1000 were already on their way out due to AGE and years of service.

2. That he is not responsible for the lower cadre retrenchments. He only handled that of the GEDs, GGMs and GMs and he has delegated the responsibility of weeding out redundant, unproductive, overaged and overworked staff to those below him.

It is also important to take note that there is an ongoing recruitment process for EH and GT that I am sure will be used to replace some of the redundant workers in due time.

Eruditor... stop jumping to conclusions. Kindly point out where I said I have a "..... primordial dislike for his background or ideologies is tainting your understanding of some of his actions," to use your own words. You are so quick to play this ridiculous card, which has no basis in reality.

Kindly refer to my last post made at 8.44 am where I had said:

There is something called professional experience, institutional memory etc. All these will be lost in a single day, because some clowns sat down and decided to lay off 1,000 people in one fell swoop instead of taking time out to conduct a thorough investigation, then gradually phase out those who are not pulling their weight, within the system. A well-structured handover and succession process would then be instituted, as these people gradually wind down, and leave the system. Was that done in this case?? Kindly let us know.

Even the unions are up in arms alleging that due process, was not followed. The union is made up of active members of the oil & gas industry, who also work within the system. Why does their claim contradict the GMD's own?

laudate:
I said it before, and Kachikwu is proving me right... "the undertakers have arrived."

This man will go down in history, as the one who supervised the demise of NNPC.

The Corporation is being restructured and not liquidated, is good , How can someone stay 35yrs ina place and not be able to set up a business to employ other people imagine, where is his/her contribution, the excessive stay in paid employment is the reason we have so many jobless youths in the country, these guys dont do anything they just go to work and sleep.

Say no to work till you die policy.

hinwazaka:

Am wailing on your account

You don't want to waste your energy. You are still going to 2023 bro!

I hope this means there is going to be job opening for 1000 more people, we need these jobs

PLSHELEP:
Why it's good to read before making a comment. The 1000 to be sacked are people approaching retirement with one and a half years left for service. And for another of your question, NNPC employs 9500 staffs... And before you start asking numerous questions like you know more than these people doing the restructuring, ask yourself if you know more than them and if they've also got brains like you do or perhaps better brains. Don't just assume they also don't take your concerns into consideration, also maybe you want to look at the achievements of the new GMD to reassure yourself that he's probably of the right track.

Point of correction... only 800 out of the 1,000 are approaching retirement.

Even many of them still have more than one and half years to go, before they attain retirement age. The remaining 200-plus, (since the report says they are over 1,000 people) are not due for retirement. So what criteria was applied in disengaging them, from the system and why were the unions not carried along during the process?

Why was it also done in just the first week, that the GMD assumed office?

Finally, why should my concerns be taken into consideration before the exercise was carried out? Do I work in NNPC??

And why are you passing comments about their 'brains?'

Eruditor:
Laudate,

I am not sure you read the article well. Or maybe your primordial dislike for his background or ideologies is tainting your understanding of some of his actions.

The article said 2 things.

1. About 800 of the 1000 were already on their way out due to AGE and years of service.

2. That he is not responsible for the lower cadre retrenchments. He only handled that of the GEDs, GGMs and GMs and he has delegated the responsibility of weeding out redundant, unproductive, overaged and overworked staff to those below him.

It is also important to take note that there is an ongoing recruitment process for EH and GT that I am sure will be used to replace some of the redundant workers in due time.

which one b EH and GT jare. And aw can I get info about the ongoing recruitment. Looking at d brighter side of the story.

kaeforum:


The Corporation is being restructured and not liquidated, is good , How can someone stay 35yrs ina place and not be able to set up a business to employ other people imagine, where is his/her contribution, the excessive stay in paid employment is the reason we have so many jobless youths in the country, these guys dont do anything they just go to work and sleep.

Say no to work till you die policy.

Hehehe... Guy, let us wait and see the result, now. Come back to this thread in 18 months and share your observations. May God keep us all, till then!

Yungwizzzy:
1000 dropped to employ 5000 of their relatives and friends

Only when PDP is in power. This is the dawn of a new era.

smokes:
@ laudate why dont you provide proof that performance review wasnt used in downsizing or are u thinking that appraisals arent done and records kept?

I don't mean to defend laudate's demands for "proof", but the very fact that the new GMD hasn't even been in office for up to TWO WEEKS and already plans to sack 1,000 people... bros me, something is NOT being properly done.

Yes, NNPC is over-bloated with lots of "white elephant" personnel, but you can't tell me that in just a little over 1 week, Mr. Kachi has done a comprehensive appraisal of all concerned staff AND identified all those that are under-performing. C'mon, let's be realistic here. It was also mentioned that people due for retirement by December 2016 will be laid off as well. Like seriously?? Eziokwu?? Please someone should inform the new boss that doing that is actually a crime, and that the laid-off workers will have a VERY solid case in court. So unless his real motive is to sink the NNPC into an even bigger mess, he should re-think his strategies. And what about disengagement packages? Or, does he intend to sack and continue round 2 in settlement courts?

Anything worth doing is worth doing well; the NNPC needs downsizing, yes, but it must be done right - fairly and equitably, on the basis of low performance indices and non-qualification for the given role - not by a knee-jerk pronouncement.

laudate:


No, you are the one that is thinking like 'a small man'. And it is that mediocrity that oozes from your words. So, because a man attends Harvard, you feel it gives him the right to toy with the fortunes of an entire corporation, and destroy the lives and careers of 1,000 people in one fell swoop? Even in America where Harvard is located, such things cannot be done in just 1 week, or you would be hit with multiple law suits from every corner!

Like I explained in my very first post in this thread, there is a process and procedure for carrying out such things in a structured manner. You do not just get into a seat or position of power, and the first thing you do is to lay off people in under 1 week. Is he an undertaker sent to supervise the demise of NNPC?

he who wears the shoe, knows where it pinches...it is agreed world-wide that there was irregularity with the way NNPC was managed, if you agree with that, you'll also agree that certain measures need to be taken to correct this irregularity. drastic situations,drastic measures...The NNPC has statutory laws that governs its operations and there is nothing this new GMD has done that goes against it, he should know better than to go against the governing laws...but if you're sentimental because of your political affiliation, I'm not sorry.

kay9:


I don't mean to defend laudate's demands for "proof", but the very fact that the new GMD hasn't even been in office for up to TWO WEEKS and already plans to sack 1,000 people... bros me, something is NOT being properly done.

Yes, NNPC is over-bloated with lots of "white elephant" personnel, but you can't tell me that in just a little over 1 week, Mr. Kachi has done a comprehensive appraisal of all concerned staff AND identified all those that are under-performing. C'mon, let's be realistic here. It was also mentioned that people due for retirement by December 2016 will be laid off as well. Like seriously?? Eziokwu?? Please someone should inform the new boss that doing that is actually a crime, and that the laid-off workers will have a VERY solid case in court. So unless his real motive is to sink the NNPC into an even bigger mess, he should re-think his strategies. And what about disengagement packages? Or, does he intend to sack and continue round 2 in settlement courts?

Anything worth doing is worth doing well; the NNPC needs downsizing, yes, but it must be done right - fairly, equitably - not by a knee-jerk pronouncement.

Thank you for actually taking out time to read, digest and understand my post. Those are the right words: "fairly & equitably".

Miranda11:
Laudate it seems ur really aggrieved with the current restructuring going on at NNPC, why is that, are u an employee of NNPC?

Maybe you shld request to have an audience with Ibe Kachikwu and make ur feelings known to him.

only someone who didn't plan their future would fear retirement or sack.

laudate:


Very funny! Provide proof please, that the entire 1,000 people were incompetent. This is one problem with Nigeria. You guys will shout blue murder if the affected people are your kinsmen, but as long as they remain faceless... you really do not care. There is something called professional experience, institutional memory etc. All these will be lost in a single day, because some clowns sat down and decided to lay off 1,000 people in one fell swoop instead of taking time out to conduct a thorough investigation, then gradually phase out those who are not pulling their weight, within the system. A well-structured handover and succession process would then be instituted, as these people gradually wind down, and leave the system. Was that done in this case?? Kindly let us know.

And where are the more competent people that are to be employed? Is it from the pool of unemployed graduates on our shores, that do not even know how to write a single business case or memo??

A man takes over as GMD of NNPC and in just one week decides that the first thing to do, is sack 1,000 people. It is not as if any process was automated, that made these people redundant. It is not that a new process or structure was instituted, that did not require the presence of so many people. It is not as if any major departmental function was outsourced. So what was the criteria used in laying off this huge number of staff?

What is the total number of staff employed by NNPC that would justify laying off 1,000 people? And do they even have enough money to pay off their terminal benefits in a timely manner??

Get it right Mr man. Read in between line. Affected staff are those who are suppose attain mandatory retirement age of 60 by next year December. What that means is that u are suppose to go next year... Go now and u get all ur compensation upto ur next year

kay9:


I don't mean to defend laudate's demands for "proof", but the very fact that the new GMD hasn't even been in office for up to TWO WEEKS and already plans to sack 1,000 people... bros me, something is NOT being properly done.

Yes, NNPC is over-bloated with lots of "white elephant" personnel, but you can't tell me that in just a little over 1 week, Mr. Kachi has done a comprehensive appraisal of all concerned staff AND identified all those that are under-performing. C'mon, let's be realistic here. It was also mentioned that people due for retirement by December 2016 will be laid off as well. Like seriously?? Eziokwu?? Please someone should inform the new boss that doing that is actually a crime, and that the laid-off workers will have a VERY solid case in court. So unless his real motive is to sink the NNPC into an even bigger mess, he should re-think his strategies. And what about disengagement packages? Or, does he intend to sack and continue round 2 in settlement courts?

Anything worth doing is worth doing well; the NNPC needs downsizing, yes, but it must be done right - fairly and equitably, on the basis of low performance indices and non-qualification for the given role - not by a knee-jerk pronouncement.

no need to waste time! All Nigerians are corrupt except buhari and his family.

laudate:


Thank you for actually taking out time to read, digest and understand my post. Those are the right words: "fairly & equitably".

You are very welcome, but really, no thanks are needed. I always try to read (and listen) objectively. And to be quite honest, I personally think the current batch of directors at NNPC (including the new GMD) are compromised in one way or another - top of my head, I would suggest contracting a reliable and proven management/audit firm to take charge of NNPC and do a comprehensive clean-up. But then, it's just my opinion and no matter how strongly I feel about how things are with NNPC, the truth remains that I do NOT have all the facts. So... there.

Sack them. They wrecked the corporation. The corruption in NNPC is only rivalled by that of the Police.

FVCK Y'ALL NIGAZ, have you so soon forgotten the glories and successes of past military regimes and your Northern masters?
BORN TO RULE FOREVER. Notherners are your natural Masters, obey and submit to their authority, only they can save you all.
may ALLAH bless Nigeria. Nagode!

34 years in NNPC and some people are crying for their retirement? Like seriously?

Do they know their retirement/severance package and pensions? I tell you those guys are made, don't cry more than the bereaved.

FUCKINGNIGAZ:
FVCK Y'ALL NIGAZ, have you so soon forgotten the glories and successes of past military regimes and your Northern masters?
BORN TO RULE FOREVER. Notherners are your natural Masters, obey and submit to their authority, only they can save you all.
may ALLAH bless Nigeria. Nagode!

Another lunatic on the loose!

laudate:


Very funny! Provide proof please, that the entire 1,000 people were incompetent. This is one problem with Nigeria. You guys will shout blue murder if the affected people are your kinsmen, but as long as they remain faceless... you really do not care. There is something called professional experience, institutional memory etc. All these will be lost in a single day, because some clowns sat down and decided to lay off 1,000 people in one fell swoop instead of taking time out to conduct a thorough investigation, then gradually phase out those who are not pulling their weight, within the system. A well-structured handover and succession process would then be instituted, as these people gradually wind down, and leave the system. Was that done in this case?? Kindly let us know.

And where are the more competent people that are to be employed? Is it from the pool of unemployed graduates on our shores, that do not even know how to write a single business case or memo??

A man takes over as GMD of NNPC and in just one week decides that the first thing to do, is sack 1,000 people. It is not as if any process was automated, that made these people redundant. It is not that a new process or structure was instituted, that did not require the presence of so many people. It is not as if any major departmental function was outsourced. So what was the criteria used in laying off this huge number of staff?

What is the total number of staff employed by NNPC that would justify laying off 1,000 people? And do they even have enough money to pay off their terminal benefits in a timely manner??

And this is exactly what happened to my dad. Loosing the best because of retrenchment. In my dad's days, retrenchment was by bad belle. The first list were people who have gotten three queries or people who have been caught doing fraudulent activities. The second batch was d worst. As your seniors or people who u denied their family members contract will try and include your name on the list. Some lied on their colleagues. A lot of atrocities have happened in nnpc. But kachikwu should have this in mind. If he last 2 years in that place. Then he is a strong man. In the history of nnpc, there have been only two outsiders. Kachikwu is the second. Usually people that head nnpc are people who were once staffs. In the last 38 years that nnpc was established, they have had about 14 to 15 gmds, meaning that each of them has spent an average of 2 and a half years. one gmd spent 3 months and the first ever gmd spent 5 years. The rest it's usually 2 years, 3 years etc!. Kachikwu does not no how nnpc operates and they will deal wiv him the way they dealt wiv stella oduah in the aviation industry. All this are initial gra gra. The rot in nnpc is crazy. The biggest problem nnpc has is government involvement. The other day, El rufai said a nnpc should be scraped. Ignoramus were saying yes it should. Bla bla bla. I have it on good authority that El rufai said that because his brother was denied a slot to be importing fuel. His brother is not an oil marketer but he wanted to use his influence for his brother and he was refused. Days later he came out to say nnpc should be scrapped.


Any rich and influential man that knows his onus should never venture into Nigerian politics because they will rubbish u the way they have rubbished okonjo. Anybody that wants to run Nigeria effectively must come wiv clean hands. If he thinks he can install his family members there. Everything is being documented. I know nnpc like a plate of rice.