Resident youths of the Kirikiri area of Apapa, Lagos have made a renewed call on the five petroleum tank farms operating in the area to employ qualified and educated members of the youths into positions at the depot.
President of the Kirikiri Youths; Mr Sam Popoola in a chat with Shipping Position Daily last week lamented that despite assurances and past protests embarked upon by youths of the community, the oil companies have failed to employ any of their members.
Resident youths of the Kirikiri area of Apapa, Lagos have made a renewed call on the five petroleum tank farms operating in the area to employ qualified and educated members of the youths into positions at the depot.
President of the Kirikiri Youths; Mr Sam Popoola in a chat with Shipping Position Daily last week lamented that despite assurances and past protests embarked upon by youths of the community, the oil companies have failed to employ any of their members.
The five tank farms situated within the community include are:Techno Oil, Bovas, Swift, Fatgbems, Index Oil. The residents have over time accused the oil companies of not doing enough in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
Poopola told our correspondent that the kirikiri community does not have good roads because according to him, petroleum trucks coming to load products from the depots have destroyed the roads.
He claimed that the youths in the community were forced recently to provide palliative measures to some major roads within the community with any assistance from the depot owners.
According to him, the oil companies had only recently participated in the construction of a single road 'Kadoso Karimu' out of the two major roads that leads into the community.
"The only road they contributed to was Kadoso Karimu and the contract was not even completed, one other things is that there is no drainage system in the area and this has further affected the roads"
"The depot operators promised us few years ago that they will provide an exit road out of the community where their loaded trucks can pass through, but up till now nothing has been done" he said.
The youth President however noted that due to the lack of product at some of the tank farms, the traffic has been a little bit better. He however insisted that the roads have become worse and waterlogged.
"Only few days ago, we tried to fill some of the holes that have been created along Karimu street, we did this without any support from the oil companies"
"They promised to give us jobs but up till now we have not seen anything, we are still hoping and calling on them to make good their promises to us"
"There are many of us who are graduates and are unemployed, all we are asking is for them to be engaged downstream at their tank farms, there should be consideration for the host community where they are operating" Popoola reiterated.
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