Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09ABUJA2042
2009-11-12 06:28:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Abuja
Cable title:
NIGERIAN EX-MILITANTS LOSE PATIENCE, DEMAND JOBS
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C O N F I D E N T I A L ABUJA 002042
SIPDIS
STATE FOR AF/FO, AF/W, AF/RSA, DRL, INR/AA, INL/AAE
E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/14/2019
TAGS: PGOV PINR PINS KCRM EPET ECON NI
SUBJECT: NIGERIAN EX-MILITANTS LOSE PATIENCE, DEMAND JOBS
Classified By: Acting DCM James P. McAnulty
for reasons in Sections 1.4 (b) and (d).
C O N F I D E N T I A L ABUJA 002042
SIPDIS
STATE FOR AF/FO, AF/W, AF/RSA, DRL, INR/AA, INL/AAE
E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/14/2019
TAGS: PGOV PINR PINS KCRM EPET ECON NI
SUBJECT: NIGERIAN EX-MILITANTS LOSE PATIENCE, DEMAND JOBS
Classified By: Acting DCM James P. McAnulty
for reasons in Sections 1.4 (b) and (d).
1. (U) Niger Delta ex-militants demonstrated in front of
Chevron Nigeria Limited facilities in Warri, Delta State, to
protest the lack of jobs post-amnesty. Demonstrators
reportedly carried placards claiming: "We want peace but
provide us employment," "ex-militants want employment, skills
acquisition," and "we are tired of violence, we want
employment." According to the press, "hundreds" of youth
participated in the November 9 demonstration.
2. (C) Chevron Executive Director for Public Affairs Femi
Odumabo told ConGen EconOff on November 10, however, that no
more than 50 ex-militants participated in the demonstration.
Gbaramatu Youth Council President and former militant Sheriff
Mulade likewise confirmed the demonstration, and told ConGen
PolOff that the youths did not target the International Oil
Companies (IOCs) alone. According to Mulade, youths staged
protests in front of other potential employers such as the
Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission
(DESOPADEC).
3. (C) Mulade claimed that the youths, who possess few
relevant skills, have demanded excessive salaries. For
example, he said, youth want to be paid 200,000 naira (about
1,350 dollars) per month as security guards. (In comparison,
the Local Guard Force (LGF) at the U.S. Mission in Abuja
earns about a thousand dollars less each month than what the
militant youths requested.) Mulade, who currently works as
an IOC consultant in community relations and environmental
affairs, has a good grasp of what wages would be feasible and
noted the amount requested is entirely beyond what any
company can reasonably pay.
4. (U) Embassy and ConGen Lagos collaborated on this telegram.
SANDERS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR AF/FO, AF/W, AF/RSA, DRL, INR/AA, INL/AAE
E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/14/2019
TAGS: PGOV PINR PINS KCRM EPET ECON NI
SUBJECT: NIGERIAN EX-MILITANTS LOSE PATIENCE, DEMAND JOBS
Classified By: Acting DCM James P. McAnulty
for reasons in Sections 1.4 (b) and (d).
1. (U) Niger Delta ex-militants demonstrated in front of
Chevron Nigeria Limited facilities in Warri, Delta State, to
protest the lack of jobs post-amnesty. Demonstrators
reportedly carried placards claiming: "We want peace but
provide us employment," "ex-militants want employment, skills
acquisition," and "we are tired of violence, we want
employment." According to the press, "hundreds" of youth
participated in the November 9 demonstration.
2. (C) Chevron Executive Director for Public Affairs Femi
Odumabo told ConGen EconOff on November 10, however, that no
more than 50 ex-militants participated in the demonstration.
Gbaramatu Youth Council President and former militant Sheriff
Mulade likewise confirmed the demonstration, and told ConGen
PolOff that the youths did not target the International Oil
Companies (IOCs) alone. According to Mulade, youths staged
protests in front of other potential employers such as the
Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission
(DESOPADEC).
3. (C) Mulade claimed that the youths, who possess few
relevant skills, have demanded excessive salaries. For
example, he said, youth want to be paid 200,000 naira (about
1,350 dollars) per month as security guards. (In comparison,
the Local Guard Force (LGF) at the U.S. Mission in Abuja
earns about a thousand dollars less each month than what the
militant youths requested.) Mulade, who currently works as
an IOC consultant in community relations and environmental
affairs, has a good grasp of what wages would be feasible and
noted the amount requested is entirely beyond what any
company can reasonably pay.
4. (U) Embassy and ConGen Lagos collaborated on this telegram.
SANDERS