FG to Check Expatriate Quota in Oil Sector

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The Federal Government has taken moves to halt the abuse of the expatriate quota by foreigners in the country.

According to the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, the ministry was liaising with the Ministry of Interior to stop the abuse of the nation’s immigration laws.

“Speaking on the vexed expatriate quota issue, the Minister said the ministry was already in liaison with the Ministry of Interior to check the abuse of the nation’s immigration/Labour laws and promised that the displacement of qualified Nigerians by foreigners would soon become a thing of the past,” he said.

Ngige further noted that the Federal Government’s position that it would not allow job losses in the nation’s oil sector, adding that the Buhari Administration would not allow job losses in the nation’s oil sector and that all threats to existing jobs should be nipped in the bud.

Ngige explained that he had to summon the meeting because of petitions he received on employment-related issues and the abuse of the Nigerian worker and for emerging issues to be resolved after which a stakeholders’ summit would be held.

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