The Sub-Saharan African Skills and Apprenticeship Stakeholders Network (SASANET) has explained why the Dangote refinery chose to utilise 11,000 skilled workers from India rather than hiring young people from Nigeria or other African countries.

Nigeria, where Dangote Refinery is located, had an unemployment rate of 37.7 per cent in 2022.

But SASANET noted that the reason for the neglect was that youths from Nigeria needed to gain the adequate skills required to be engaged in the assignment.

In a communiqué issued at the end of its two-day meeting in Abuja on Wednesday, the network noted that it had resolved that each African country develop a national skills qualification framework that will enable ease of labour migration across the continent.

The communiqué was signed by the secretary-general of the regional organisation, Ousman Sillah.

In the communique, SASASNET observed: “The need for SASASNET to engage in vigorous public awareness and engagement to change the public’s negative perception on the value of skills and apprenticeship.

“The Dangote Refinery in Nigeria under construction has engaged over 11,000 workforce from India, while our youths lack the required skills to be engaged.

“Africa should avoid a repeat of the same in the upcoming $25 billion Trans-Saharan Gas Pipeline traversing the Gulf of Guinea to Europe; the absence of National Occupational Standards in many countries.”

The network noted that the absence of pathways to recognise skills obtained in the informal sector in most sub-Saharan African countries, including Nigeria, has led to a lack of opportunities for skilled labour migration across African regions.

It also fingered the negative social perception of skilled workers alongside the weak interface between trade unions/associations and skills/apprenticeship development.

https://politicsnigeria.com/dangote-refinery-dumps-nigerians-hires-11000-indian-workers/

Am sorry for him. Very soon refining crude will be domesticated. I wonder how he will compete by then. Thank God he will have to pay in dollars.

Damn!

Time for those Indian bosses to display their arrogant behaviours to Nigerian citizens. It makes no sense for a company owned by an American to employ 11k non American citizens. E no possible! Dangote fuel go cost past anything. The election tribunal should hurry up and send that e-diot in aso rock out immediately before he destroys this country completely

If this is true then it goes to show the decay that has eaten into the heart of Nigerians. They can't even be trusted to hold office in a local refinery before they begin to divert the produce or start to sabotage the workplace becasue of office politics, or handle thier job like most government workers handle thier job like a place to just go and sit down from 9 to 5 and then go back home expecting a salary at the end of the month.

I support dangote because his decision surely will be well informed

It's his choice.

As expected ...

Wittyness

The most sophisticated monopolistic private refinery is not ready to breed homegrown hands

TemplarLandry:
It's his business, he calls the shots.
But Big Liko should consider employing more Nigerians.

I dedicate “Tycoon” by Show Dem Camp feat. Reminisce & Mojo to him. Great jam!

Not so. All his business life he's been HEAVILY subsidized, supported, and preferential treatment by Nigerian governments. Now it's payback and he runs to India? What did India ever do for him??

Tbh.... some Nigerians are difficult as employees but this is not a justification.. The Yoruba said, Teni n teni

It is finished. Anyone who sees this as normal is sick and psychotic.

Please Dangote borrowed Nigerian loands and used in building his refinery. Why is theoney from the Nigerian youths good to build your business but the youths bad to work in the enterprise.


Please, is NLNG run by Indians or foreigners ?


During the Obasanjo regime, some of the most sophisticated drilling gears were locally fabricated. Largest in the whole world, till today they are still functional


Please are the oil fields, Installations and refineries from Escravos to Rivers manned by foreigners ?


Anyone who sees this as normal is not speaking right.

NNPC/Government has atleast 20-25% stake in it


He got forex at extremely cheap rate.


His company enjoys lot of patronage from the financial system of the country ( Nigerian Stock Exchange )


If Obasanjo did not reward this crook with monopolistic contracts that spanned two decades would he be able to throw such insults ?

Please what is the academic qualifications of Dangote to throw such insults ?


Oh, Indian Drivers are better than Nigerian drivers


Indian Security men are better than Nigerian men


Indian drilling equipment operators are better than Nigerians


He then topped up his madness by saying " you lack skills "

An Ijebu man is building the second biggest refinery after him, is that guy intent on also using Indians ?

Is Edo state and other modular refineries managed by foreigners. I repeat anyone who supports this is sickly and psychotic


I curse that refinery, it will run from troubles to troubles until it collapses


Cc : SalamRushDie

RealLordZeus:
Tbh.... some Nigerians are difficult as employees but this is not a justification.. The Yoruba said, Teni n teni

Well, the fact remains that it's his company no matter how Nigerians feel about it.

It may not be a bad decision. May Nigerians have issues

Rayban25:


Well, the fact remains that it's his company no matter how Nigerians feel about it.

Actually he has corporate and moral responsibility to where he site his company...

KingsCity:
It may not be a bad decision. May Nigerians have issues

You people should stop saying thrash. I'm competed in world over events and came too five. There's nothing special about white skin.


Una too dey subservient that's why you all get slave treatment from them

Imagine

Sensational headline. Were 11,000 Nigerians earlier employed and sacked??

Hahahahahaha...Over 11 communities wiped and gone, oil spillage sexily loading..YET Ronu gang say its his business and can do whatever after praising the onye ala...

Anyways the foolanis can only try but I assure them that we IGBOS will take the Atlantic before them and its a promise..

Ozumba mbadiwe is the first foundation..

We move

Just imagine

An Indian is the biggest shareholder in Dangote refinery. So it's expected. Nothing to lose sleep about. Lagosians should build estates & more hotels so as to benefit from those Indian workers that will eat & lodge in them.

Depriest2020:
An Indian is the biggest shareholder in Dangote refinery. So it's expected. Nothing to lose sleep about. Lagosians should build estates & more hotels so as to benefit from those Indian workers that will eat & lodge in them.

Chai. Who ate you people's brains.

What an export of employment to a country

TemplarLandry:
It's his business, he calls the shots.
But Big Liko should consider employing more Nigerians.

I dedicate “Tycoon” by Show Dem Camp feat. Reminisce & Mojo to him. Great jam!

He built with Nigeria's commonwealth.

Billions of Cheap dollars from the cbn that could have gone to other businesses because they claim he was creating jobs which he used as a selling point.

Don't say this nonsense next time.

CSTRR:

He built with Nigeria's commonwealth.

Billions of Cheap dollars from the cbn that could have gone to other businesses because they claim he was creating jobs which he used as a selling point.

Don't say this nonsense next time.

Thank you o. Ah what a national disgrace. Nigeria has never been so destroyed like this. What a monumental disgrace

Where are the economic iliterates waiting for Dangote to create jobs for them? SW remains the center of Capital flight. Let them come and tell us how the Indians left their underdeveloped villages to paradise yorubaland. These lazy Ronu miscreants are not in tune with the realities of modern globalization

Funny enough,word is that these Indians are the reason why the refinery hasn't taken off.

With the way your tribesmen as been insulting Dangote for not meeting up with the opening date he promised if I was him not a single soul from you region will be employed as a gateman talk more of holding administrative or executive position.

GO0DHardDick:
Damn!

Time for those Indian bosses to display their arrogant behaviours to Nigerian citizens. It makes no sense for a company owned by an American to employ 11k non American citizens. E no possible! Dangote fuel go cost past anything. The election tribunal should hurry up and send that e-diot in aso rock out immediately before he destroys this country completely

Wodu89:

Chai. Who ate you people's brains.

Racoon:
The most sophisticated monopolistic private refinery is not ready to breed homegrown hands

NwaNimo1:
Instead of him rehabilitating the local Agbero's.....

OloYeOfEgbE:
Hahahahahaha...Over 11 communities wiped and gone, oil spillage sexily loading..YET Ronu gang say its his business and can do whatever after praising the onye ala...

Anyways the foolanis can only try but I assure them that we IGBOS will take the Atlantic before them and its a promise..

Ozumba mbadiwe is the first foundation..

We move

Ronu miscreants are the so dull, I have always told them that Fulani and Igbos are the remaining modern empire builders in Nigeria after colonization destroyed the old empires but they still deceiving themselves. How can people who don't venture out of their comfort zone survive modern imperialism? Let them come and tell us that India is underdeveloped and insecure

NwaNimo1:
The Sub-Saharan African Skills and Apprenticeship Stakeholders Network (SASANET) has explained why the Dangote refinery chose to utilise 11,000 skilled workers from India rather than hiring young people from Nigeria or other African countries.

Nigeria, where Dangote Refinery is located, had an unemployment rate of 37.7 per cent in 2022.

But SASANET noted that the reason for the neglect was that youths from Nigeria needed to gain the adequate skills required to be engaged in the assignment.

In a communiqué issued at the end of its two-day meeting in Abuja on Wednesday, the network noted that it had resolved that each African country develop a national skills qualification framework that will enable ease of labour migration across the continent.

The communiqué was signed by the secretary-general of the regional organisation, Ousman Sillah.

In the communique, SASASNET observed: “The need for SASASNET to engage in vigorous public awareness and engagement to change the public’s negative perception on the value of skills and apprenticeship.

“The Dangote Refinery in Nigeria under construction has engaged over 11,000 workforce from India, while our youths lack the required skills to be engaged.

“Africa should avoid a repeat of the same in the upcoming $25 billion Trans-Saharan Gas Pipeline traversing the Gulf of Guinea to Europe; the absence of National Occupational Standards in many countries.”

The network noted that the absence of pathways to recognise skills obtained in the informal sector in most sub-Saharan African countries, including Nigeria, has led to a lack of opportunities for skilled labour migration across African regions.

It also fingered the negative social perception of skilled workers alongside the weak interface between trade unions/associations and skills/apprenticeship development.

https://politicsnigeria.com/dangote-refinery-dumps-nigerians-hires-11000-indian-workers/

Dangote know that the people who have the skills to work there is a Southerners so instead to give them job he went for India .one Nigeria is a scam if say na ibeto it will become national issues but na Fulani man