proposal for global comprehensive memorandum(gcmou)
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Final Solution to Youth Restivenss in Niger Delta;TRANSCRIPT
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
The Caption
Dedication
Preface
Acknowledgement
Table of Contents
1. Proposal for Global Comprehensive Memorandum of
Understanding (GCMOU): Sustainable Human and
Infrastructural Development Plan: Final Solutions to the
Niger Delta Negligence, Under Development and Youth
Restiveness and other Related Problems, Pages
11,12,13,27,28,29,30,31.
2. Oil Wellheads/Pipelines at Azuzuama Community in
Southern Ijaw L.G.A. of Bayelsa State, Page 14.
3. Environmental Impact Assessment: A Case Study of
Azuzuama Community in Southern Ijaw L.G.A. of
Bayelsa State Inland Territorial Water and its
Environment, Page 15-17.
4. Letters written to the Multinational Companies
Operating in the Niger Delta Region but No Response.
Page 18-19
5. A Letter of Introduction to the Contract Manager of
Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC) Limited by S.S.
Selky Nigeria Ltd. Page 18-19
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6. A Letter of Intent to the Contract Manager of Nigerian
Agip Oil Company (NAOC) Limited by Stofal Technical
Company. Page 20-21
7. WARNING, RE: Letter of Interest on the Sectional
Replacement of “4” Pipeline Construction Jobs at
Azuzama Community – New Location “G”.page 24-25
8. Illustration of Dialogue Data in Terms of Seminar or
Debate.page26
9. Condolences and Congratulations.page35
10. Peace, Harmony and Absolute Unity –
Quotations.page33
11. Congratulations! Nigeria at 50.page34
12. Congratulations.page38-39
13. Happy Children’s Day, FO1 Bill and Democracy Day:
27th – 29th May, 2011.page36-37
14. Collection of Wise Quotes by People who have Great
Thoughts and Diplomacies Concerning Issues of Human
Life Across the Globe.page40-43
15. Stofal Technical Company.page79-92
16. A Book by Gen. Young Shall Grow Entitled: Young
Shall Grow and the Niger Delta Struggle.page44-73
i. Dedication
ii. Forward
iii. Introduction
Chapter One – The Early Life of Young Shall Grow, His Hope
for the Future and the Special Profile of Yong Shall Grow.
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Chapter Two – Young Shall Grow and the Niger Delta
Struggle
Chapter Three – Niger Delta Struggle: MEND – Isaac Adaka
Boro.
Chapter Four – Why the Struggle?
Chapter Five – Young Shall Grow: A philanthropist and
Philanthropic Achievements of Young Shall Grow;
i. Education/Scholarship
ii. Women and Youth Empowerment
iii. Peace Movement
iv. Security of Lives and Property
v. Football Tournament
vi. Conclusion.
17. Echoes of Dr. Goodluck Ebele Azikiwe Jonathan –
- The Six (6) Principles of Kingian Non-Violence
- The Six (6) Steps of Kingian Non-Violence
- The Legitimate Fundamental Human Rights
- Citizenship
18. Stofal Technical Company
19. Conclusion.
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PROPOSAL FOR GLOBAL COMPREHENSIVE MEMORANDUM OF
UNDERSTANDING (GCMOU) HUMAN RESOURCES SUSTAINABLE INDUSTRIAL/INFRASTRUCTURAL
DEVELOPMENT PLAN, FINAL SOLUTIONS TO NIGER DELTA NEGLIGENT, NON-DEVELOPMENT, YOUTHS RESTIVENESS
AND PROBLEMS
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DEDICATION
This work is dedicated to the Almighty God. “The All and All’, my
industrious mother: late Mrs. Comfort Sunday Ugulasuo (Nee Paulley)
and the Nigeria’s sympathetic and astitute president: late President
Umaru Musa Yar’Adua.
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PREFACE
This Proposed Global Comprehensive Memorandum of Understanding
(GCMOU): Sustainable, Human and Infrastructural Development Plan-
Final solutions to the Niger Delta Negligence, Under Development and
Youth Restiveness and Problems is written because of the Federal, States
Governments and the Multinational Companies operating in the Niger
Delta region negligence to the people of Niger Delta. We the Niger
Deltans are not employed in the region, states and federal government
all do not give the host communities their monthly allocation that set for
them by the federal government.
Based on that, the youths of the Niger Delta rose up some times to
embark on violence stance to redress this sordid act by the multinational
companies, the government of the states and the federation but late
President Yar’ Adua granted them amnesty for the sympathy he had for
them.
Be it as it may, this work was written so that by following it, will bring
all the things needed by the Niger Deltans. And the work also
highlighted the solutions or panacea to the Niger Delta militancy,
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unemployment and youths restiveness. Based on that, this work lucidly
advised the federal, state government and the multinational companies
operating in the Niger Delta region to adhere to the panacea stipulated
in the work to bring lasting peace and harmony to the Niger Delta
region and Nigeria at large.
The work also collected some wise saying by some of the wise men in
the world concerning the solutions to the Niger Delta youth restiveness
and also collection of a book written by one of the great Niger Delta
agitators: Gen. Young-Shall-Grow (The Leader, South Wing MEND)
entitled “Young-Shall-Grow and the Niger Delta Struggle”.
This book vividly pinpointed the agonies of the Niger Deltans, why he
(Young-Shall-Grow) was involved in the violence stance to bring smile
to the faces of the Niger Deltans and the help and support he posed to
the Niger Deltans and all these works are based on bringing the
solutions/Panacea to the Niger Delta problems and Nigeria at large by
adhering strictly to them.
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ACKNOWLEDGMENT
It is very clear for the successful publication of a global work like this to
owe a debt of wide range of sources: Consultations, people’s
modusoperandi, day to day existence of the region in question,
newspapers, etc.
For these, I am gratefully indebted to Gen. Young-Shall-Grow (my boss)
and all the Niger Delta freedom fighters.
My profound gratitude also goes to President Goodluck Ebele Azikwe
Jonathan for the continuous payment of the amnesty salary to make the
youths to refrain from militancy.
My thanks also go to all the Niger Delta human rights activists, the
writers of Niger Delta struggle-based-news and all the supporters of the
Niger Deltans for the emancipation.
I also thank all the people who have the mind to bring all the rights,
favour, desire, needs, etc to the Niger Deltans.
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I deeply thank former Governor of Bayelsa State: Chief D.S.P.
Alamieyeseigha for opening the eyes of Bayelsans for the doubts about
their rights.
And High Chief Government Ekpemupolo (Alias Tompolo) for his
indelibly invaluable words that keep the struggle of the people of the
region until today.
And those that I did not mention, I love you all.
Thank you, I am grateful.
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PROPOSAL FOR
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PROPOSAL FOR GLOBAL COMPREHENSIVE MEMORANDUM OF
UNDERSTANDING (GCMOU) HUMAN RESOURCES SUSTAINABLE INDUSTRIAL/INFRASTRUCTURAL
DEVELOPMENT PLAN, FINAL SOLUTIONS TO NIGER DELTA NEGLIGENT, NON-DEVELOPMENT, YOUTHS RESTIVENESS
AND PROBLEMS
His Excellency Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan (GCFR) President, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces Federal Republic of Nigeria ,Former Chairman, ECOWAS Communities.
It is with high diplomacy on-behalf of the Oil Producing Communities in Niger Delta, I UGULASUO KISHNER SUNDAY the Managing Director/CEO Stofal Technical Company a bonafide indigenous contractor, less privileged from Azuzuama Community in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area (SILGA) of Bayelsa State using these medium with pains contributing/forwarding this Global Comprehensive Memorandum of Understanding (GCMOU) with the following facts to the above (Sectional) concerned Hierarchies illustrated below, so as to be considered which will eliminate our extreme poverty and generate
24 hours peace in Niger Delta Region.
1. Federal, States Government and multinational Companies should take a panoramic view of the Niger Delta area,take statistics and create job opportunities in both strata of civil services and the oil producing companies alike to alleviate the plight of the Niger Delta Youths.
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2. Federal , State,LGA’s and the Multinational Companies that are
managing our Resources,should adhere strictly to stock taking on the level of unemployment,poor living standard of the people and place persons from eighteen(18) years and above including the physically challenged on salary to better their living conditions.This will certainly reduce teenage pregnancies among-st the women teenage.
Accommodation and salaries are the nursery wealth in our living. Says:
Ugulasuo, Kishner Sunday
3 The Parent/Multinational Companies in collaboration with Federal and
State Government should withdraw; disengage their military securities for the intimidation of our hostage rights in our rural domain. But employ and engage our youths to perform the internal territorial securities, so as to generate free operations within the Multinationals and our host Communities.
4. Federal and States Government, Parent/Multinational Companies
should develop, build a Monument to recognize Oloibiri Communities which crude Oil was first discovered in Nigeria.
The light from the oil producing communities has not being build to recognize the Ijaw-lite in Niger Delta and its environs
Visions from: Ugulasuo, Kishner Sunday.
A background of Oloibiri in which crude oil was first discovered in Nigeria in 1956
MD, SPDC and Country Chairman of Shell Companies in Nigeria, Mr. Mutiu Sunmonu; MD, Chevron, Andrews Fawthrop; and GMD, NNPC, Alhaji Shehu Ladan, at the 2010 Oloibiri Annual Lecture series of the society of Petroleum engineers held in Lagos… reference to April 19th 2010, This day newspaper
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5. Parent/Multinational Companies should create International Scholarships to
our Graduates, Secondary School Leavers within the Host Communities so as to train, and employ to fit the Companies Standards.
6. Creation of Free Skill Acquisition such as Computers Training, Catering,
Tailoring, Technical/Standard Structural Universal Education to engage, and acquire the most industrial knowledge, so as to create job opportunities to eradicate the Youths restiveness from the host communities.
7. Multinational/Parent Companies (NNPC) should compensate and Stop Gas
Flaring within her operations, including all Corrosion Oil Spills with adequate compensations accordingly. Also embark upon projects such as Remediation so as to purify the affected soil surface of all the corrosion spills within our rural communities.
We have excess crude facing extreme poverty in Niger Delta, Why? Details from:
Ugulasuo, Kishner Sunday
Enough is Enough says Prof. Wole Soyinka and others
An Industrial scholar among the orphanage – MD/CEO Stofal Technical company.
Motivations, counted from 22nd October 2004, when I lost my mother COMFORT due to lack
of standard Health Care exactly Oporoma Community Headquarters in SILGA
Ecological Views
A tradition based on the simple idea that we have stake in one another, and what bind us together is greater than what drives us apart, and that if enough people believe in the truth of that preposition and act on it then we might not solve every problem, but we can get something meaningful done…… Barrack Obama
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OIL WELL-HEADS/ PIPELINES AT AZUZUAMA COMMUNITY IN SOUTHERN IJAW L.G.A. OF BAYELSA STATE
FEDERAL PIPELINE PROPOSED FLOW STATION PLATFORM
LOCATION D LBKB
LOCATION B LOCATION A
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ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT A CASE OF AZUZUAMA COMMUNITY IN SOUTHERN
IJAW L.G.A. OF BAYELSA STATE INLAND TERRITORIAL WATER AND ITS ENVIRONMENT
They breath the Air
They fish in the River
They farm on the Land
They drank and bath the water
Sunday Vanguard, May 29, 2011, page 17 & 18,
Niger Delta: The Missing Link
They drink and bath the Water
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ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT A CASE OF AZUZUAMA
INLAND TERRITORIAL WATER AND ITS ENVIRONMENT
COMMUNITY IN SOUTHERN IJAW L.G.A. OF BAYELSA STATE
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ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT A CASE OF AZUZUAMA
INLAND TERRITORIAL WATER AND ITS ENVIRONMENT
COMMUNITY IN SOUTHERN IJAW L.G.A. OF BAYELSA STATE
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Deals on: Procurement, Maintenance of Equipments, Oil Tools, Oil Field Equipment, Clean-up jobs, etc & General Contractor
E-mail:[email protected]. NO:704702 ADDRESS:
No. 1 Sawerikumo Avenue Azuzuama Town,
SILGA Bayelsa State.
08136860474, 08038952631, 08138286954
Date:……………………….
These are some of the letters sent to the multinational companies operating in our area, but there is no response forthcoming.
The Contract Manager, Nigerian Agip Oil Company, New Base Mile 4, Ikwere Road, P. O. Box 923 Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
Dear Sir, LETTER OF INTRODUCTION
The above named company, S.S. Selky Nig. Ltd is glad to introduce STOFAL Technical Company to your company. The company is wholly an indigenous company with no overseas arm of support, a company committed to the development of the Azuzuama Community.
STOFAL Technical Company Nigeria is managed by a team of competent engineers and administrators, under my leadership.
Their focal point is to:
Deliver high quality engineering services to you without minimizing Standards.
Develop the Azuzuama Community and also the Youths living within the community.
On behalf of the Management of STOFAL Technical Company, it will be a welcome development to see them sign a memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Nigerian Agip Oil Company, as this will formalize their relationship and fast –track the desire to develop our beloved community. Thank you. Yours faithfully,
Signed: General Young Shall Grow (Leader, South Wing MEND) MD/ CEO
S.S. Selky Nigeria Limited
2ND DEC. 2009
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cc: (i) The Technical Division Manager, TDM (ii) The HSE Manager, (iii) The Head of Legal Department, (iv) The Head of Security, (v) The Public Affairs Divisional Manager, PDM, (vi) The Land Manager, Nigeria Agip Oil Company, New Base, Mile 4,
Ikwere Road, P. O. Box 923 Port Harcourt Rivers State.
(i) Swamp Area Manager Nigerian Agip Oil Company Brass Terminal, Twon – Brass
Brass L. G. A. Bayelsa State.
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Import & export, Supply of oil Tools, Technical/Marine Materials,Oil Field Services, Stationaries, Electrical and General contractors
ORIGIN/PRINCIPAL PLACE1ugulasuo Avenue,
Dada’s Compound,Azuzuama Town,SILGA, Bayelsa State.
REG. OFFICE ADDRESS:237 Bonny Street,
Port Harcourt,Rivers State.
Reg NoTel:
: 103530, RCR. No. 10751808055337822, 08038952631
E-mail: [email protected] [email protected] TIN: 05331329
The Contract Manager, Nigerian Agip Oil Company, New Base, Mile 4, Ikwere Road, P. O. Box 923 Port Harcourt Rivers State. Dear Sir,
LETTER OF INTENT
This is to inform you of our intentions. Firstly, to become one of your main contractors and for you to exploit our area of expertise, this includes the following:
Pipeline construction – Drawing, Design and Construction
General Maintenance, Repairs and Rehabilitation of Pipelines/Flowlines
Provision of Engineering Drawing
Project Management
Well Services – AFE, Well Design and Subsurface Studies
General Supplies.
We wish to express interest in your next set of proposed Projects which might include:
Well Head-to-Well Head Pipelines Construction in Azuzuama Community, Location G.
Sectional Repairs of Vandalized Pipelines, Azuzuama Community
Remediation and Environmental Upgrading of Excess Crude-oil Pollutions in Azuzuama Community
We will be glad to Tender and Bid, as a single choice bidder, for the jobs whenever an ITT is prepared for them.
We will be glad to hear your views and also to know other ITT’s which we can actualize based on our expertise.
Thank you.
Yours faithfully,
Signed: Ugulasuo Kishner Sunday. MD/ CEO
2ND DEC. 2009
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Cc: (i) The Technical Divisional Manager, TDM (ii) The HSE Manager (iii) The Head of Legal Department (iv) The Head of Security (v) The Public Affairs Divisional Manager, PDM (vi) The Land Manager Nigerian Agip Oil Company New Base, Mile 4,
Ikwere Road, P. O. Box 923 Port Harcourt Rivers State.
(i) The Swamp Area Manager, Nigerian Agip Oil Company, Brass Terminal, Twon – Brass, Brass LGA,
Bayelsa State.
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Deals on: Procurement, Maintenance of Equipments, Oil Tools, Oil Field Equipment, Clean-up jobs, etc & General Contractor
E-mail:[email protected]. NO:704702 ADDRESS:
No. 1 Sawerikumo Avenue Azuzuama Town,
SILGA Bayelsa State.
08136860474, 08038952631, 08138286954
2ND DEC., 2009. The Contract Manager, Nigerian Agip Oil Company, New Base Mile 4, Ikwere Road, P. O. Box 923 Port Harcourt Rivers State. Dear Sir,
PROPOSAL FOR THE AWARD OF CONTRACT ON THE REMEDIATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL UPGRADING OF AZUZUAMA COMMUNITY
On behalf of the three companies stated bellow: 1. S.S. Selky Nigeria Limited
2. STOFAL Technical Company, Nigeria 3. ITEK Marine Nigeria Limited
We hereby propose for the award of contract on the Remediation and Environmental Upgrading of Azuzuama Community based on the Nigeria Local Content Policy, only to the three stated companies written above.
The companies have shown huge commitment and have the capacity to handle and deliver the project within the specified time frame. These companies have handled similar jobs in the past and hence possess the requisite experience to do this present job. We would prefer you to consider sharing the jobs in the ‘first three affected corrosion spill points of Azuzuama community only to the three companies stated above.
They have competent resource persons who will be engaged in the exercise once it is approved. As you know very well, these jobs are long overdue; kindly treat this letter with utmost urgency. We shall be grateful if our proposal is granted. Thank you. Yours faithfully, Signed: General Young Shall Grow (Leader, South Wing MEND)
MD/ CEO S.S. Selky Nigeria Limited
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Cc: (i) The Technical Divisional Manager, TDM (ii) The HSE Manager (iii) The Head of Legal Department (iv) The Head of Security (v) The Public Affairs Divisional Manager, PDM (vi) The Land Manager Nigerian Agip Oil Company New Base, Mile 4,
Ikwere Road, P. O. Box 923, Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
(i) The Swamp Area Manager, Nigerian Agip Oil Company, Brass Terminal, Twon – Brass, Brass LGA,
Bayelsa State.
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Import & export, Supply of oil Tools, Technical/Marine Materials,Oil Field Services, Stationaries, Electrical and General contractors
ORIGIN/PRINCIPAL PLACE1ugulasuo Avenue,
Dada’s Compound,Azuzuama Town,SILGA, Bayelsa State.
REG. OFFICE ADDRESS:237 Bonny Street,
Port Harcourt,Rivers State.
Reg NoTel:
: 103530, RCR. No. 10751808055337822, 08038952631
E-mail: [email protected] [email protected] TIN: 05331329
The General Managing Director, Nigerian Agip Oil Company, New Base, Mile 4, Ikwere Road, P.O.Box 923, Port Harcourt, Rivers States.
Sir, WARNING
RE: LETTER OF INTEREST ON THE SECTIONAL REPLACEMENT OF 4” PIPE LINE CONSTRUCTION JOBS IN AZUZUAMA COMMUNITY- NEW LOCATION G.
Sequel to our previous letter to your management, we would like to re-instate our deep interest in those jobs as stated in one of our previous letters titled “Letter of Interest” from Stofal Technical Company dated 02-12-09 which has been submitted handed delivery to GMD in presence of PDM during our meeting in paff.
The effect of the excess oil spill pollution without adequate compensation in Azuzuama Community in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area (SILGA) of Bayelsa State has urgently called for Corrosion Control and Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) repairs to be done also embark on remediation/revegetation without further delay, which has started increasing the death rates mostly the teenage among our human living, aquatic and the vegetations.
The management of Stofal Technical Company regrets with pain advising stake-holders in NAOC management not to politicize Environment and Hazards, therefore consider the daily happenings in Niger Delta Region, should not neglect, intimidate our hostage rights any more again but accommodate, engaged the local content core indigenous contractors in our territory who has potentials that are facing the impact and showing interest long ago on the above stated jobs executions. Thank you. Yours faithfully,
Signed: Ugulasuo Kishner Sunday. MD/ CEO
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Cc: (i) The Technical Divisional Manager, TDM (ii) The HSE Manager (iii) The Head of Legal Department (iv) The Head of Security (v) The Public Affairs Divisional Manager, PDM (vi) The Land Manager Nigerian Agip Oil Company New Base, Mile 4,
Ikwere Road, P. O. Box 923 Port Harcourt Rivers State.
(i) The Swamp Area Manager, Nigerian Agip Oil Company, Brass Terminal, Twon – Brass, Brass LGA,
Bayelsa State.
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ILLUSTRATION OF DIALOGUE DATA IN TERMS OF SEMINAR OR DEBATE
PRESIDENT
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA
Reps, WHO
Vice President Federal Republic of Nigeria
President of the Senate
Speaker House of Reps.
Niger Delta States Governors
Speakers Niger Delta States House of Assemblies
Reps. Multinational Companies/GMD NNPC
Reps of Niger Delta Ministries
Presidents ECOWAS Communities
Reps, United Nation, United Kingdom, European Union and
United Arab Emirate
Religious Leaders
Federal Government approved Local Governments Chairmen of Niger Delta States
President United States Of America
Traditional Rulers /First Class Chiefs
CBN Governor
OPEC
Serving Ambassadors to Nigeria
Women Leaders Local and international
Chief Judges of Niger Delta States
Reps, World Bank
Reps. of Amnesty Committees
Willingly Amnesty Accepted Freedom Fighters, War-Lords, Generals from Niger Delta and its Environs
Prof. Wole Soyinka & Others
Reps, Africa Union
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8.Landlord rights have to be respected through all-encompassing MOU ,adequate compensation for spills, payment of rentals in respect of locations(Well-heads) drilled within the Azuzama oil field in particular and the Niger Delta in general doing this shall be a panacea of lasting peaceful company / community relationship.
From 18 years and above you have the right to vote and to be voted for. Our inalienable rights are not giving to us.
From: Ugulasuo, Kishner Sunday
9. Federal, States Government, Stakeholders and Parent
Companies have to recognize our Host Communities Indigenous Contractors as in Local content, so as to create easy penetrations which will establish regular operations within the parent Companies and the Host Communities and its environs.
10. Parent Companies should embark on Community Development
projects such as: Quality Drinking water, Health Centres,
Standard Community linked roads, Electricity, Education have to be considered to effect and Mark Community Development
Relationship within the both side of our Co-operations.
11 Federal, States Government, Parent Companies, Niger Delta
Ministries should establish, elect a Project and Implementation
Committee which will nominate or recommend, guarantee the construction giants such as Julius Berger PLC Standard etc, the First Generations Banks such as First Bank PLC, UBA Bank Plc etc. to accommodate the Fund Monitored by Central Bank of Nigeria to manage our Developmental Quota of the Derivation
Allocation so as to develop our Host Communities.
12. Federal Government has to construct standard Road Network,
Gas Energy, Quality Drinking Water, Free Health Care Centre and Quality Education to round up the Rural Host Communities and Niger Delta at large.
Construction of oil pipeline and construction of our ordinary concrete and coalta roads which of them is more expensive?
13. Federal States Government, Niger Delta Ministries, and Parent
/Multinational Companies have to build Low Cost Housing units to Abuja Standard so as to relief the common man and his living across the Niger Delta States.
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14. Chairmen Local Government Areas (LGAs) have to create minimum wage employments, embark on Rural Community
Development Projects and should manage its office to benefits our Local populace at large.
15. Federal and States Government have to extend the Agricultural Empowerment to our Niger Delta Rural Farmers by giving them Loans to increase the Agricultural Manpower Development. In other words, will create more job opportunities.
16. Niger Delta Ministries should spread the Developmental
Agenda, Develop/Recognition of our Indigenous Contractors as in Local Content to favour the Host Communities, which will also create more job-opportunities for the youths to stop them from restiveness.
17. We also advise Niger Delta Ministries to create scholarships both Local and International, so as to train and employ to reflect our indigenous staff belongings within the Multinational Companies.
18. We also urge State Governments, LGAs and Niger Delta Ministries to create, provide and support Marine/Road Materials and Equipments for Easy Transportations so as to relief mostly our Local populace.
19. Parent Companies, Federal States Government and Niger Delta
Ministry should take a rapid means to embark on projects such as: Deforestation, Dredging/Shore Protection within most of our host communities that are Suffering; living skeletal Villages.
20. Parent Companies, Federal /States Government, Niger Delta
Ministries have to provide Equipments for Emergency Rescue
Activities within our Marine and Land Transportations which will also create more employment job opportunities to prevent our youths from restiveness.
21. We plead with Federal and States Government to construct at list
4 general standard Hospitals to relief our individuals – Death Rate within each of the Local Government Areas across the Niger Delta Oil Producing States.
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The untimely death of my mother was caused by lack of standard primary health care delivery services.
MOTIVATIONAL HEALTH CARE
The death of my biological mother Late Madam Comfort Sunday Ugulasuo (Née Paulley). Born in 1936 and died on 22nd October 2004, she was 68 years old – in memory motivated me to pen down.
The ill health of our credible leader today and tomorrow Late President Umaru Musa Yar’adua revived and kept me on sober reflection in my documentary proposed and addressed to him so as to be handled and considered which coincided with his incapacity. With the fear of God Almighty and Allah, sympathy led me to forward the first affirmation of the decade solution to prominent scholars so as to forward, work with the Federal, States, Local Governments, multinational/parents companies and stake-holders in collaboration on their cooperate entities to boost on our great country’s economy globally to reflect on its position of heights before the echo that sounded enough is enough! Which the “echo” is louder than a voice.
May their soul rest in perfect peace, Amen (Psalm 126:5, Isaiah 25:8, Rev 7:17)
22. We also advise Federal, States Government, Multinationals, Local Government Areas and Niger Delta Ministries to create and establish Standard Sport Academies in our Localities so as to train skill full youths in the sport in the sport world.
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23. Federal, States Government and NNPC should embark on
Riverine Fueling Filling Stations so as to relief our coastal
transportation across Niger Delta Oil Producing Communities
at large.
24. Parent Companies should fulfill and complete their MOU with the
Host Communities which will enable us to reduce most of our
hostile fracas within our co-operations. 25. NNPC should collaborate with Federal Government to create new
Petroleum Refineries/Depots Re-Habilitations, maintenance of the old ones to favour and recognize all the Niger Delta Oil Producing states so as to stop importation of the oil products which will Boost our economy in our exportation also introduce
free flow of petroleum products consumptions also provide more job opportunities to reduce youths restiveness.
Importations of our Accumulating Oil Products can never boost our Economy Visual details from:
Ugulasuo, Kishner Sunday
26. Federal and States Government have to take a rapid step so as to establish International Airport/Sea Port to reach the Niger Delta States that are not opportuned to International Air Port/ Sea Port Maintenance of the old /existing ones. This will introduce multiple employments also pronounce International
Developmental Standard Records in our International World.
Our naira is not selling.
27. Creation of new Toru-Ibe coastal Niger Delta States and Additional Local Government Areas (LGAs) by federal government approval to favour in our Oil Producing Coastal Niger Delta State at large.
28. Parent Companies should extend their Operation Divisional Headquarters to our Oil Producing States Headquarters across the Niger Delta Region.
29. Federal Government should repeat the obnoxious land use act and practice true federalism in Nigeria .
The oil producing communities in Niger Delta are bushy Ugulasuo, Kishner Sunday
30. Parent Companies should stop to use Swamp Excavation Rig
Operations from 10 kilometers radius away from our Host
Communities so as to prevent us from environmental earthquake and hazards etc. within her location Well-Heads exploration activities… Ogboinbiri Community in SILGA, Bayelsa State as an example is left unembarked/ need urgent shore protection.
The solutions are human lacks and needs in our
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living which are not do or die affairs.
31. Federal and States Government in collaboration with the National and states electoral act and their commissions should not deprive the Independent Right of our electorate, and Deliver the OPEN BALLOT
SYSTEM and Not the OPEN SECRET BALLOT SYSTEM of voting.
Here we are omitting our right choice of voting Ugulasuo, Kishner Sunday
32 I appeal to Federal, States Government and Multinational Companies
stake-holders to forget and forgive our past mistakes so as to mobilize, develop and compensate our invaded Communities counting from Kaiama Declaration to Gbanranmatu/Oporoza declaration in Niger Delta region.
ACTUALIZATION
N
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Common Wealth of United Nigeria (CWOUN)
The solutions are my heart desire
Credible Leaders of Today and Tomorrow
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SYMPATHY AND CONGRATULATIONS
May the ALMIGHTY & ALLAH receive and create paradise heaven accommodation to our late president UMARU MUSA YAR’ADUA for his credible and generational records as a sacrifice to Nigerian communities, which the death pronounced national and global lost to NIGER DELTA also to his family, and his vice president now the president of THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA. Sickness and death are natural phenomenon which only the creator can determine its happenings. Therefore, I pray that God should guide and protect the new president Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan (GCFR) and his vice Persistent Mohammed Namadi Sambo (GCON) give them more strength and wisdom to bear the incurable pains, shun religious difference, forgive and forget our past mistakes so as to tackle most of the critical issues affecting the growth of our national economy.
From: UGULASUO KISHNER SUNDAY
CEO STOFAL TECHNICAL COMPANY General Secretary, S.S. SELKY NIGERIA LIMITED
Personal Associate to GEN. YOUNG SHALL GROW
(LEADER, SOUTH-WING MEND)
His Excellency Goodluck Ebele Jonathan tasted Presidential Power in Nigerian Community on the 6th May, 2010 which the Nigerian populace across the globe are witnessing daily changes in governance.
BEYOND AND MORE EXPECTATION WITH TIME
Manifestation Solving Equations on Economy control
GOODLUCK & SAMBO
POVERTY
ALLEVIATION
PROJECT
CHOICE
COME 2011/VISION
2020
ASSIGNED STOOL
We anticipate their flag off
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PEACE, HARMONY AND ABSOLUTE UNITY
Quotations
1. I never thought the solutions are dumb or worthless thoughts concerning issues of Human life….. Ugulasuo, Kishner Sunday
2. Enough is Enough …. Says Prof. Wole Soyinka and others.
3. Sunmonu: Amnesty has helped to boost production (The Nation (page 25) Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010)
4. Both poverty and riches are the offspring of thought…. Napoleon Hill’s Think and Grow Rich
5. Poverty is a cancer by Prof. Pat Utomi
6. Former AU Chairman Muammar Gaddafi said Nigeria should be divided into two which cause an uproar …. Compromise, Global and National Unity.
7. Prophet TB Joshua urges those in position to create opportunities for the less privileged and the poor that they are talking with pains – (The Nation on Sunday, June 20, 2010 page 69).
8. A business mogul Aliko Dangote said lets create job opportunities to stop
kidnapping. 9. The solutions are misconceived and misdirected decade solutions.
– says His Excellency Dr. Goodluck Azikiwe Ebele Jonathan.
10. A tradition based on the simple idea that we have stake in one another, and
what bind us together is greater than what drives us apart, and that if enough people believe in the truth of that preposition and act on it then we might not solve every problem, but we can get something meaningful done…… Barrack Obama
11. Pope Benedict XI has identified manipulation of religion for political ends and discrimination as the main causes of violence in Nigeria. In a Sallah message to the Muslim Umma in Plateau State, on the occasion of the celebration of Eid el Fitri, the Pope also identified divisions and social tensions, ignorance, poverty and underdevelopment as some of the remote causes of violence in a heterogeneous society like Nigeria. The Pope message was singed by the president of the Pontifical Council for Inter-religious Dialogue, Jean-Lois Cardinal Tauran and Secretary, Archbishop Pier Luigi Celata. … Punch Newspaper
on Political Platform page 54 dated 8th Wednesday Sept., 2010.
12. When the going gets tough the tough gets creative…. Charles Gordon 13. The laws that leads to fortune from Napoleon Hill’s Think And Grow Rich…..
The earth on which you live. You, yourself, and every other material thing are the result of evolutionary change, through which microscopic bits of matter have been organized and arranged in orderly Fashion ……. from former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, Dr. Goodluck Ebele
Jonathan and Mohammed Namadi Sambo’s administration .
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UGULASUO KISHNER SUNDAY (Managing Director/CEO)
General Secretary, S.S. SELKY NIGERIA LIMITED Personal Associate to
Gen. Young Shall Grow (Leader, South Wing MEND)
I wish all Nigerian happy
COVENANT GOLDEN
JUBILEE as we celebrate
Nigeria at 50, attainment of our
Sovereign State in 1960, may
the Almighty/Allah guide our
President Dr. Goodluck
Azikiwe Ebele Jonathan GCFR
and his Vice President Arch.
Mohammed Namadi Sambo
GCON, Ministers, Executive
Councils, Former Heads of
States and the 36 States
Governors, Senate president,
Reps and Members, Prof.
Wole Soyinka, Leader Save
Nig. Group and its members,
Presidents,
Vice Presidents from the
international, Diplomatic
group of Leaders in diaspora,
including the common
Men/Women among the
living who have contributed
comprehensively to balance
and control the growth of our
National Economy who have
made the Anniversary
remarkable, give them
strength, more unilateral
diplomatic wisdom so as to
accommodate the true light,
and manifestoes of Patience
and Goodluck in Nigerian
Communities so as to cross
over the remaining one river:
My Text to Prof. Wole Soyinka
CONGRATULATIONS! NIGERIA AT 50.
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CONGRATULATION 5th May, 2011.
His Excellency, His Royal Majesty, Chief Izonperekeni of Bayelsa State (Dr. Goodluck Azikiwe Ebele Jonathan): The President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and his Vice President Arct Mohammed Namadi Sambo for their April General Presidential Polls United States of Nigeria victory also to all the two third electorates massive votes as our generous credible right choice, hope to the decade solutions proffered among the youths of thirties which he sited. The showers are road net work development to site Nigeria on its global state of heights in our Economy. John 7:24, Matt.5:14. Post election violence absolute unity, peace and security will attract foreign investors, says: His Excellency. Dr Goodluck God will among his track records visions from Ugulasuo Kishner Sunday. God Bless Nigeria, Kudos.
Courtesy: Ugulasuo Kishner Sunday. (Managing Director/CEO Stofal Technical Company)
Personal Associate to Gen. Young Shall Grow (Leader, South Wing MEND)
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HAPPY CHILDREN’S DAY, FOI BILL AND DEMOCRACY DAY:
27TH - 29TH MAY, 2011.
Happy Children’s Day, FOI Bill and April general 2011 presidential polls united states of Nigeria Victory Inauguration Ceremonies May 29th , I pray that let the Almighty God and Allah should send a dual security tag so as to showcase guardians and protection for all the expected guests, diplomatic heads of states across the globe in diaspora so as to grace the golden inaugural historic events, a fresh administration, which will change our states of living and placed Niger Delta, Nigeria to its Global position of Heights that has been assigned and dedicated to a God fearing servant. Also the Freedom of Information (FOI) Bill signed into law and assented on Saturday, 28th May, 2011 by President Dr. Goodluck Jonathan
His Excellency, a transformer, Counselor, His Royal Majesty, Chief Izonperekeni of Bayelsa State in Niger Delta (Dr. Goodluck Azikiwe Ebele Jonathan): the President, Federal Republic of Nigeria and his Vice President Arch. Mohammed Namadi Sambo. Let their be peace declarations.
From Ugulasuo Kishner Sunday Managing Director/ Chairman Executive Officer (CEO) Stofal Technical Company - Personal Associate to Gen. Young Shall Grow (Leader, South Wing MEND) with his children:
Ugulasuo Sunday Kishner E. (Jnr) and Ayibapreye Kishner Sunday Ugulasuo.
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Politics is a golden game friendliness, credible and fair play: majority demanded credible candidates Goodluck & Sambo Vision 2020 poverty alleviation project - Forward Ever. - Ugulasuo Kishner Sunday Dr. Jonathan signed Freedom of Information (FOI) Bill into law on Wednesday, 1st of June, 2011. So as to enable the common man in our democratic era to express their stake to work with transparency.
I pledge to Nigeria my country, to be faithful loyal and honest, to serve Nigeria with all my strength to defend our unity, and uphold honour and glory, so help me God … Amen.
More power to his elbow
A tradition based on the simple idea that we have stake in one another, and what bind us together is greater than what drives us apart, and that if enough people believe in the truth of that preposition and act on it then we might not solve every problem, but we can get something meaningful done…… Barrack Obama
Performance Guarantee and Implementation Galore
Vision 2020
My dreams come true
Freedom of Information
(FOI) Bill signed into law
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Perseverance and My Personal Commitment from his Services of Political Origination And Upliftment 2003: From Deputy Governor to Governor, From Governor to Vice President – From Acting President to Elected President.
CONGRATULATIONS! CONGRATULATIONS!! CONGRATULATIONS!!!
1. Congratulations:- Your Excellency Chief Dr. D.S.P.
Alamieyeseigha, Governor General of Bayelsa State 2. Congratulations:- Dr. Goodluck Jonathan Deputy Governor of
Bayelsa State 3. Congratulations:- Hon. Gideon Ekeuwei, Commissioner for
Special Duties to our central district SILGA Bayelsa State. 4. Congratulations:- Hon. Ebitei Tonyon. Supervisor for Youths,
Sport & Information, Bassan Koluama Local Government Area (BAKOLGA) in SILGA.
5. Congratulations:- Hon. Dr. O. O. Osusu Commissioner for Education: The Bedrock of our Human Existence.
6. Congratulations:- Hon. Abel Ebifemowei, Special Adviser to the Governor on Logistics, Youth & Sports, Bayelsa State
We the natives of Azuzuama Kingdom, both Elders, Chiefs, CDC, Women Wings, Youths Association home and abroad congratulate your Excellency Chief Dr. D.S.P. Alamieyeseigha and your amiable Deputy Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, Hon. Abel Ebifumowei, Special Adviser to the Governor on Logistics, Youth & Sports, Bayelsa State Government of your victory of the April, 2003 G0ubernatorial struggle.. Also used collective responsibilities from your Administration proceedings to appoint our illustrious son, brother, uncle, father, Hon. Gideon Ekeuwei as Commissioner for Special Duties in to our Central Districts, Southern Ijaw Local Government Area (SILGA) Hon. Ebitei Tonyon as the Supervisor for Youths, Sports & Information of our transition committee of Bassan Koluama Local Government Area in SILGA. Also made use of your transparency to appoint our co-member a political prophet/amender Hon. O. O. Osusu as the Commissioner for Education which is the Bedrock of our generation existence, Congratulations once again. Azuzuama Kingdom from our interaction using this great opportunities giving you hundred percent guarantee that these sons of Azuzuama kingdom including even the political prophet Hon. Dr. O. O. Osusu as
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the Commissioner for Education which is the Bedrock of our existence will serve you better, surprise you of their tenure which your Excellency and your Advisers will not regret even the once that are hoping from your dynamic administration to be given. Azuzuama Kingdom acknowledge your assistance with utmost appreciations for given us opportunities of our kind. Glory be to your administration once again. May our Almighty God bless both side of our co-operation, Amen. Signed: UGULASUO KISHNER SUNDAY On-behalf of Azuzuama Kingdom Financial Secretary Youths Association (A.Y.A.) Intending student of Administrative studies.
Congratulatory Message 2003
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HERE IS A COLLECTION OF WISE QUOTES BY PEOPLE WHO HAVE THOUGHT GREAT THOUGHTS AND DIPLOMACIES CONCERNING ISSUES OF HUMAN LIFE ACROSS THE GLOBE.
1. Difficulties in life are intended to make us better, not bitter … Don
Reeeves. 2. Cherish your visions and your dreams as they are the children of your
soul, the blue prints of your ultimate achievement …. Napoleon Hill. 3. The spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me because the Lord anointed me
to preach good news to the less privileged, he has sent me to bind up the broken hearted, to proclaim freedom for the captive and release from darkness for the prisoners.
4. God gift to you is your potential, what you do with it is your gift to God. He is concerned not on about what you are but about what you can become ….. Future. John Maxwell.
5. People who live well are experts at giving. They give their money, they give their time. They share their wisdom and skills. They quickly say yes when asked to help. For them to give is to love and to love is live. Its a formula for successful live …… Steve Goodier.
6. Let bygones be bygones; let us forgive and forget the past quarrels. 7. Like father, like son: A son’s character is expected to resemble his
father’s. 8. Life has no duplicate which I say life has a duplicate because of our
children who are future Reps/Leaders Says ... Ugulasuo Kishner Sunday
9. Man proposes God disposes. Our destiny depends on God’s will. 10. Money begets money: if you have money, you can make more money
Eccl. 10:19. 11. Former Auditor General of Bayelsa State, Linus Agbede said that, if
somebody invest in you the person will not be regretted … which I said the Legend, Gen. Young Shall Grow (Leader, South Wing MEND) cared for my mobilization.
12. Barrack Obama said, one Henry Kissinger in America within their corporate entities which they passed through difficulties at their age of thirties before they made it in life.
13. Nestor Kirchner former president from Agentina during his death from the breaking news, that he contributed during their economic meltdown so as to boost up their Global Economy.
14. I do not know the meaning of Kishner but the woman that called me this name from Nembe, in Nembe Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, Nigeria. I asked her the meaning which she said that, “she has to be honest, that she doesn’t know the meaning” but I should bear the name that he was their bread winner. I was not comfortable without the meaning. I approached my elder brother that studied medicine at University of Port Harcourt Dr. Karibi Oduma Ebisori Fiobotei. He also
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advised me that, he did not know the actual meaning but he said, most prominent scholars bear the name Kishner, that is rear but productive. Therefore, I am a bread winner.
Particulars in Practice: Import & Export, supply of Oil Tools Technical/Marine Materials, Oil Fields Services, Stationeries, Electrical and General Contractors.
Ugulasuo Kishner Sunday.
(Managing Director/CEO Stofal Technical Company) Personal Associate to Gen. Young Shall Grow (Leader, South Wing MEND)
The Niger Delta Enduring Millennium, Nigeria Conceived, Prevailing Decades, Solutions are Documentaries, Stock of knowledge Ecological Views, Project/plan Multiplications, Moral Values, Contributions, Area of Interest, Continuous Impact Assessment, Basic Social Amenities, Revenue Generation so as to boost up our economy to site and place Nigeria on its global state of heights. Matt 5:14. 15. Money is the root of all evil: Money is the main cause of wrong doings
and problems. Eccl. 10:19. 16. No man is an island: we all need other people to survive. 17. No smoke without fire: There could be some truth in the rumor (Ps
25:5;51:6;117:2, Zach 8:16). 18. The Pen is mightier than the sword: Words and communication have
greater effect than war and fight. 19. When in Rome, do as the Romans do: - you should adopt the customs of
the people or country you are visiting and behave in the same way. II Thess. 2: 15.
20. When poverty comes in the door love goes out the window. When there life there is hope.
21. Wisdom is better than strength - wonders will never cease. Expresses surprise at an unexpected pleasure or event.
22. All good things come to those who wait: Patience and Endurance, bring goodluck or success.
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23. All that glitters are not gold: Appearance can be deceptive. John 7:24.
24. Politics is a Golden Game friendliness, credible and fair play: majority demanded credible candidates Goodluck & Sambo Vision 2020 poverty alleviation project - Forward Ever.
25. Love is the only creative, redemptive transforming power in the universe……says Martin Luther King Jnr.
26. The general oversear, Living Faith Church (Winners Chapel) World Wide said: till the raw crude oil becomes valuable finished product for consumption it must be refined so as to make more exchange…. Productivity. - Bishop David Oyedepo
27. Whatever the mind of a man can conceive and believe can be achieved… - Napoleon Hill.
28. Fair exchange is robbery: A Contract is fair as long as both the
Partners/Parties understand and agree to the conditions willing after a
deal is closed neither side can turn around and say that he or she was
unfairly treated.
29. Rom was not built in a day: Great project/plan or big Dreams/ visions
cannot be achieved over night or easily.
30. One who is usually silent and goes about his business quietly may be a
very wise person.
31. God helps those who help themselves: God only help those people who
work hard and make an honest effort.
32. Every dog has its day: Every one will get a period of success or
satisfaction during his or her life time.
33. A hungry man is an angry man: A person who does not get what he /
she wants or needs is a frustrated person and will be easily provoked to
rage.
34. A friend in need is friend indeed: A friend who helps when one is in
trouble is a real friend.
35. Constant occupation prevents temptation, when you work, having
regular running sustainable income you avoid temptations “William
Penn”.
36. Nonviolence solutions tend to be more permanent than violent
solutions.
37. The green vegetations are not equal which the roots, stems, leafs, fruits
have different qualities and their performances to human in our living,
like-wise to our ten Fingers - Says Ugulasuo Kishner Sunday.
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38. Prof. Wole Soyinka said that, the militants we are talking about, they
said: They are not militants that each of them knows what they are
doing.
39. Ebelebe Father from Igbema Kingdom in Delta and Ondo State, a
traditional priest said to me: that in life, “what you will be is what you
will be” destiny.
40. Friends of the environment, we should not pollute the echo system
because of Money: Alabo Chief Dr. George Finte CEO Gefesco Nigeria
Limited also the Chairman of Goodluck & Sambo Campaign Team,
Bayelsa State Chapter.
41. The revelation of Nursery, Primary and Secondary Education are the
revisions return dividends of our Universal Broad Higher Institutions -
Says: Ugulasuo Kishner Sunday
42. To be a child is good but to remain a child is bad … independent.
43. Train a child according to the way it suppose to be in future.
44. Creative ideas reside in people’s minds but are trapped by fear or
rejection. Create a judgments-free environment and you’ll unleash a
torrent of creativity. -Alex Osborne
45. If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred
days of sorrow. - Chinese proverb
46. The spirit and the veins of he who woke up early in the morning hours
and easily accessed, secured his or her three squire meal and he who
passes through pains, difficulties, doubting before succeeding his or her
daily square meal are not in the same spirit inclinement. – Says
Ugulasuo Kishner Sunday
47. The Ages: the growth of a child from the average age of 18 years to 45
and 50 years in his/her on earth are determination of our past and the
future standard of human living in the universe
-Says Ugulasuo Kishner Sunday
48. Looking back, we see with great clarity and what once appeared as
difficulties now reveal themselves as blessings. – Don Millman
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This is a book written by one of the Niger Delta Agitators (Gen.
Young Shall Grow), Why He was Embarked on the violence stance
of Niger/Delta Emancipation.
Entitled:
YOUNG SHALL GROW AND THE NIGER/DELTA STRUGGLE
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DEDICATION
This work is dedicated to the loving memory of Late Lt. Col. Betto
Tuamokumo of Azuzuama community in southern Ijaw L.G.A, Bayelsa
State who lost his life in the process of struggling for the emancipation
and total liberation of the Niger Deltans. May his gentle soil rest in
perfect peace.
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CONTENTS
Dedication…………………………………………………………. iii
Table of contents…………………………………………………. iv
Foreword………………………………………………………….. v
Introduction………………………………………………………. 1
Chapter One
The Early life of young shall Grow…………………………….. 3
Chapter two
Young shall Grow and the Niger Delta Struggle……………… 12
Chapter three
Niger Delta Struggle (MEND)…………………………………… 21
Chapter four
Why the struggle………………………………………………….. 31
Chapter five
Young shall Grow: A Philanthropist……………………………. 41
Chapter six
Young shall Grow: An Epitome of Mohandas
Gandhi of India…………………………………………………… 54
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FOREWORD
Some people have wondered what difference the life of an individual
like Young Shall Grow could make in the behaviour or achievements of
other people. The answer is in reflecting on an African adage that God
uses man as a point of contact for attainment of one’s positive direction,
objectives and aspirations.
This book depicts Young Shall Grow in his youthful days: his
background ad early life; his struggles to emancipate the Niger/Deltans;
his experiences and the lofty dreams he had for the Ijaw nation and
above all, his way of life as a food for thought for anybody aspiring to
stardom.
The enviable track records of Young Shall Grow, both in Azuzuama
community and in the Niger/Delta struggle in general, have
undoubtedly made him a reference index for now and generations yet
unborn.
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INTRODUCTION
The man “Young Shall Grow”……………..
People call him the General; some call him Master. The Azuzuama
community women call him “The Messiah” of their time. The children
call him “Lover of Kids and Babies”; some call him a “Warrior”; others
still call him a “Freedom Fighter” while those who see nothing good
about his plight call him a “Militant or a Rebel.” All these and so many
other names can be said to be different shades of opinions that different
people hold about him.
However, in the real sense of it. This is the young boy of those days who
has grown up to fight for the emancipation of the good people of Niger
Delta and build on the solid foundation laid by the likes of Saro-Wiwa,
Isaac Adaka Boro and lt. Betto who lost their lives in the struggle to
ensure the total liberation of the people of Niger/Delta. May their gentle
souls rest in perfect peace – Amen.
Young Shall Grow, in his pursuit of freedom for the Niger/Deltans, has
employed the non-violent strategy i.e. dialogue, discussion, consultation
and deliberation on issues, which are his watch words, and with this
approach, he has succeeded in restoring peace and tranquility to
Southern Ijaw in particular, and Bayelsa State in general. To this end,
can we call this young man a philanthropist, a warrior, a freedom fighter
or an advocate of peace, freedom and justice? You will find out for
yourself as you go through this book in your hand.
Dear reader, I urge you to, please, make out quality time to read through
this book carefully meticulously and thoughtfully as it expatiates in
detail, the person, the life and the time of this erudite hero whom we
simply referred to as Young Shall Grow in this book.
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CHAPTER ONE
THE EARLY LIFE OF YOUNG SHALL GROW
Young Shall Grow was born on the 11th day of April, 1980 at the island
of Bakassi Peninsula in the Gold Coast Sea to the family of Mr. and Mrs.
Kile. Kile, his father, was married to three wives and Mrs. Tuko, the
mother of Young Shall Grow was the third.
His father was blessed with twelve (12) children and Young shall Grow
was the eleventh child and second-to-the-last child of Mr. Kile. Mr. Kile
was full-time farmer and a fisherman who was known to be very
hardworking and fully dedicated to his work Mrs. Tuko, Young Shall
Grow’s mother, joined her husband Kile in the field of fishing and
farming after they got married. And as a diligent and faithful mother
and wife, was the accounting officer in the house of Mr. Kile as at that
time.
The spirit of ‘Ellution’ came into Young Shall Grow at the age of seven
when he was enrolled at Iniokuye Community Primary School in
Akpabio Local Government Area of Cross River State in the year 1988.
This awoke his consciousness to life to stand tall in order to face the
challenges of life all alone.
At the completion of his second year in the primary school, the entire
family had to relocate to a hiding place built by his father who could no
longer afford his school fees as a result of exorbitant tax rate. The
situation was such a horrible one that they had to stay in a thick forest
(hiding place) for a period of two years. Mrs. Tuko Kile now bravely
took it upon herself to go out and fetch for means of survival for the
entire family and this, she was doing daily with fear and trembling.
Young Shall Grow woke up one morning in their hiding forest to tell his
father that he had gotten an idea of the way he should live his life and
make something out of it. He kept saying this, putting his faith in God
and human nature throughout his stay in the forest-like refugee camp.
In 1990, Young Shall Grow and one of his brothers were brought to
Azuzuama community in Southern Ijaw L.G.A. of Bayelsa State to stay
and live with their maternal grandfather. His mother brought him home
with the brother so that they can continue their educational carrier. They
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were again enrolled for school in Azuzuama immediately they arrived,
before the commencement of the Nigerian and Cameroonian war 1993.
The early life of Young Shall Grow can be described as one that is full of
THICK and THIN situations – things were so tough and rough for him
as a growing young man. He had personally described his early life as
so unhappy, uneasy and very rugged as he uses such experiences to
express his ideas and emotions in life.
His father lost all he had laboured for in life to the spails of Bakassi
Peninsula’s odyssey – endless journey, but one thing the children of Mr.
Kile will never live to remember Grow’s mother to give the Tuko, Young
Shall Grow’s mother to give the “TUASA” to their father to carry on
with life before, during and after the war, and even the upbringing of
the children. Mama is indeed a mother without comparison. In the same
vein, Young Shall Grow’s father (Mr. Kile) is a superlative man.
HIS HOPE FOR THE FUTURE
Ellution is one French word one would use to describe the growing and
surviving pattern of Young Shall Grow as he was seen growing and
building himself as a self-made-man who lives, and always right the
wrongs, to maintain his integrity. He had lived and he is still living a
simple life.
Elution – the spirit of knowing without learning from any one – is his
watch word. He lives with the dream of changing things over night for
the betterment of the common man.
SPECIAL PROFILE OF YOUNG SHALL GROW
Young Shall Grow, popularly known and called ‘General,’ is someone
who needs no introduction, both in Southern Ijaw L.G.A., and around
Bayelsa State. What can be read of him that has not been written and
said before, and how can one profile him without sounding too
patronizing? Except you quote him in his own words, or perhaps reflect
on him for who he really is to hundreds of followers around the
Niger/Delta region. You will appreciate that the most significant and
outstanding attribute that distinguishes him is his depth of insight and
total reliance on God’s guidance for every decision and step he takes.
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To fully appreciate the man “Young Shall Grow”, one will need to come
down to Azuzuama community and see a visionary’s expressions; listen
to his comments and see a true master at work; have a personal
encounter with him and experience the overwhelming leadership
qualities he possessed. The leadership lifestyle of Young Shall Grow is
such a unique one because one can see the leadership attributes of Moses
of old in him and the Wisdom of Solomon is equally evident and
apparent.
What we see and hear about Young Shall Grow today is the outcome of
clear and a humble heart that ha given himself and his life sacrificially to
the emancipation of the Niger/Deltans. Young Shall Grow lives, eats
and breathes with the feelings of the suffering of the Niger/Delta
people, and closely studying his pursuit of freedom for the people, one
discovers that he operates solely on a divine mandate. Every step and
decision he has taken and every thing he has done, are all as a result of
that mandate. This perhaps explains the step-by-step approach to the
winning and excelling ladder in the Niger/Delta struggle.
For me, his exploit in Azuzuama community is the ultimate. He has
provided free nursery and primary education to the community.
Providing livelihood for generations of families, not to mention those
that benefit from outside Azuzuama community because of the existence
and snuggle of Young Shall Grow. This Legacy is truly legendary!
Before honour is humility. Everything usually has a small beginning,
and anything without a small beginning may not last. The achievement
of Young Shall Grow in the Niger/Delta struggle can be described as a
phenomenal bulwark of Niger/Delta strength and of national witness.
Born on 11th April, 1980 to the family of Mr. and Mrs. Kile, of Azuzuama
community in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of then old River
State, now Bayelsa State. Young Shall Grow is like a mustard seed
planted by God in Azuzuama community to liberate and emancipate the
Niger/Deltans. We have seen the seed watered by the founding fathers
of the Niger/Delta struggle and now, it has grown into a mighty tree,
recognized at home and abroad.
The history, growth, development and accomplishment of Young Shall
Grow are nothing more than a divine arrangement, which contradicts all
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the norms of human expectations. His incredible life and struggle has
unlocked the destiny of people around him. Only few will ever attain his
unparallel accomplishments for humanity. The protégés who sit under
his leadership and mentorship will never find his equal during their
lifetime.
Of a truth, Young Shall Grow is an irreplaceable gift and treasure to the
good people of Bayelsa in particular, and the Niger/Delta region in
general.
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CHAPTER TWO
YOUNG SHALL GROW AND THE NIGER DELTA STRUGGLE
The exploitation of the Niger/Deltans and the deprivation of her people
is a dent on the reputation of the Federal Government both at home and
abroad. History has it that, for the past fifty (50) years, the people of
Niger/Delta are subjected to poverty, unemployment, starvation,
substandard health and educational facilities and so on, despite the fact
that this same people possesses the largest quantity of oil reserve in
Africa – they are like people who are starving to death in the midst of
abundance.
Nigeria depend solely on crude oil gotten from Niger/Delta region as
her major source of revenue generation, but it is sad to hear that
adequate consideration and compensation are not given by the Federal
Government to the same people that own the oil wealth. The
Niger/Deltans should and must be accorded their basic fundamental
human rights and privileges by enabling them to live such healthy and
wealthy life lived by other Nigerians in other parts of the country who
have been enjoying the proceeds from the oil wealth of the
Niger/Deltans. The living standard of the Niger/Delta people should
and must be improved as a way of justifying the amount of wealth they
have contributed for the sustainability of the Nigerian Federalism. These
are the positions of the Movement for the Emancipation of Niger/Delta
(MEND).
In one of the statements of the “General” of South Wing MEND, alias
Young Shall Grow, he said that the corrupt system of government,
which is evident by high rate of bribery, favouritism, godfatherism,
mepotism, frauds, exploitation and marginalization must be brought to
a halt, especially in the Niger/Delta region, “We cannot continue to
watch the taken over of our birthright,” he said. The “General” urged his
fellow Niger/Deltans to wake from their slumber and begin to ask and
demand for justice, equity and fair play in the distribution of their
common wealth. Young Shall Grow had always felt the pains and agony
of the Ijaw nation. He is fighting today to ensure and secure the freedom
and total liberation of the unborn generations of the Ijaw people and to
put in place, a sustainable system that will enhance the growth and
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development of the Niger/Deltans. Where the youths will not have to
live and survive by the gun.
Coming down to Bayelsa State, the South Wing MEND “General”
demanded that the oil producing communities such as Azuzuama (his
home town) should be duely considered in the execution of projects and
allocation of revenues. He added that this is the only approach that can
guarantee lasting peace and sustainable growth and development in
Bayelsa State.
The activities of Young Shall Grow can be likened to the raising of the
bones as he has his history traced down to the days of Lt. Col. Betto
Tuamokumo who died the same day with his commanding officer, Isaac
Adaka Boro, in the process of their struggles for freedom and liberation
of the common man.
Young Shall Grow is a first cousin to Lt. Col. Betto Tuamokumo. He has
imbibed the spirit of fighting for justice and freedom as inherited from
his mentor, Lt. Col. Betto who died about thirty-nine (39) years ago.
There is a saying that the messenger can be killed but the message can
never be killed. This is the driving force of Young Shall Grow who
believed that, killing of Adaka Boro and Lt. Col. Betto cannot stop the
preaching of the message of freedom of the Niger/Delta people.
MEND is an indigenous organization formed by the Niger/Delta youth
to succeed the Niger/Delta Volunteer Force which was a freedom
fighting formed in the 1960s by Isaac Adaka Boro with the support and
loyalty of Lt. Col. Betto Tuamokumo. Boro was from Kaiama in
Kolokuma Opokuma L.G.A. while Lt. Col. Betto hailed from Azuzuama
in Southern Ijaw L.G.A. of Bayelsa State. They both fought vehemently
and bravely for Nigeria against the Biafrans during the civil war. They
both equally represented the first generation of freedom fighter in the
Niger/Delta region.
As stipulated in the Nigerian Constitution and the America Bill of
Rights, all citizens of any given society, like Nigeria, must be allowed to
enjoy the fundamental human rights, such as right to life, freedom of
speech, fair hearing, movement, individual liberty and so on. Young
Shall Grow, the ‘General’ of the South Wing MEND is demanding that
the good people of the oil producing region should be enhanced by the
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government in a way that would enable them to enjoy and have a taste
of the aforementioned rights of the citizens.
According to his words, the Niger/Deltans must be free from poverty,
hunger, diseases caused by environmental pollution and degradation.
He said that, for good thirty-nine years after the death of the two
Niger/Delta patriotic nationalists, Boro ad Betto, the people whom they
so fought and died for are still enslaved by an art of corporate greed
perpetuated by the multinational and foreign oil companies.
A very good example of this ugly situation is the Azuzuama community
in Southern Ijaw L.G.A. of Bayelsa State, who had played host to
Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC) for a period of thirty-one (31)
years, but have nothing to show for it except the disastrous effects of oil
spillage felt by both plants and animals within and around the
community.
The situation is so deteriorating that fishes and other sea animals are no
longer available for the fishermen, neither could the farmers have
anything to show for their labour. Some families in the riverine
community could no longer feed themselves; some are starving to death;
some cannot afford to pay their children’s school fees; no shelter and
food for the common man, if not for the timely intervention of MEND,
under the leadership of Young Shall Grow, who has taken it upon
himself to fend for some of the less privileged ones and help them to
keep body and soul together.
It has been on record that the Ijaw people under the leadership of Isaac
Boro and Lt. Col. Betto, fought on the side of Nigerian government
during the civil war using their oil wealth to support, protect and defend
the Nigerian government, but despite this support and loyalty, it is
appalling to know that the descendants of these same people who used
their strength and oil wealth to fight for Nigeria have been neglected
and forgotten. This has rendered the sacrifice of Boro and Betto
worthless and meaningless to the Ijaw nation.
It is on this note that Young Shall Grow, the leader and commander of
the South Wing MEND, has taken it upon himself to continue the
struggle from where Lt. Col. Betto, his brother, stopped and fight on
along with his faithful and gallant men until sustainable peace, freedom,
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liberation, development, justice, equity and fair play in revenue
allocation are achieved and maintained in Niger/Delta in general, and
Bayelsa State in particular. Boro might have been killed in the struggle
and Betto also, but Young Shall Grow is announcing to the world that
their messages are still very much alive and he has come to keep
preaching it.
A young man called Kodia was the one who drove the speed boat
conveying Lt. Col. Betto the day he was shot dead in an attempt to
rescue his commanding officer, Boro. The driver succeeded in rescuing
the corpse of Lt. Col. Betto. Another officer that lost his fle in active
service was Lt. Col. Esighen from kubos family in Lobia, Southern Ijaw
L.G.A.
They are all Bayelsans who laid down their lives as sacrificial lambs in
the process of fighting and struggling for the liberation and
emancipation of the Ijaw people. May their gentle souls rest in perfect
peace.
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CHAPTER THREE
NIGER DELTA STRUGGLE (MEND)
The current conflict in the Niger/Delta arose in the early 1990s due to
tensions between the foreign oil corporations and a number of the
Niger/Delta minority ethnic groups who felt they were being exploited,
particularly the Ijaw and the Ogoni people. Ethnic and political unrest
has continued throughout the 1990s and persisted until 2007 despite the
conversion to democracy and the election of the Obasanjo’s government
in 1999.
Competition for oil wealth has fuelled violence between innumerable
ethnic groups, leading to the formation of a group called Movement for
the Emancipation of Niger/Delta (MEND). The South-South regional
and ethnic conflicts are so numerous that fully detailing each of them is
impossible and impracticable.
For roughly fifty years since Nigeria declared independence from British
colonial rule, oil has been produced in Nigeria. Throughout this period,
corporate politics has intersected with successive dictatorships. Under
these dictatorships, the Nigerian government has signed laws that
appropriated oil resources and placed these under the control of
multinational oil companies.
From the point of view of Movement for the Emancipation of
Niger/Delta (MEND), and its supporters, one of which was
spearheaded by Young Shall Grow, the people of Niger/Delta have
suffered an unprecedented degradation of their environment due to
unchecked pollution produced by the oil industry. As a result of this
policy of dispossessing people from their land in favour of foreign oil
interests, within a single generation, many have now been rendered idle
– they can neither FISH nor FARM. People living in Niger/Delta have
found themselves in a situation where their government and the
international oil companies own all the oil under their feet, the revenues
of which are rarely seen by the people who are suffering from the
consequences of it.
Kenneth Roth, Executive Director of Human Rights Watch, said, “The oil
companies cannot pretend they don’t know what is happening around
them. The Nigerian government obviously has the primary
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responsibility to stop human rights abuse. But the oil companies are
directly benefiting from these crude attempts to suppress dissent, and
that means they have a duty to try and stop it”.
The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger/Delta (MEND) is an
organization of indigenous people; a movement dedicated to struggle
against what they regard as exploitation and oppression of the people of
Niger/Delta and the degradation of the natural environment by foreign
multinational corporations involved in the extraction of oil in the
Niger/Delta.
MEND’s stated goals are to localize control of Nigerian crude oil and to
secure reparations from the federal government for pollution caused by
the oil industry. Niger/Deltans had not gained from the riches under the
ground and the region creeks and swamps.
Worthy of mention of Niger/Delta freedom fighters are Isaac Adaka
Boro and Kenule Benson Saro Wiwa with Young Shall Grow following
their footsteps.
ISAAC ADAKA BORO
Major Isaac Jasper Adaka “Boro” fondly called Boro was a celebrated
Niger/Delta nationalist and Nigeria civil war hero. He was one of the
pioneers of minority rights activism in Nigeria. He was many parts and
different things to different people – a university student’s leader, a
teacher, a policeman and a Nigeria army officer. An undergraduate
student of chemistry and student union president at the University of
Nigeria Nsuka, he left school to lead a protest against the exploitation of
oil and gas resources in the Niger/Delta areas which benefited mainly
the federal government of Nigeria and a remote eastern Nigeria regional
government. He believed that the people of the area deserved a fairer
share of proceeds of the oil wealth. He formed the Niger/Delta
volunteer Force, a group with members consisting mainly of his fellow
Ijaw ethnic group.
Boro and his compatriots were jailed of treason. However, the federal
regime of General Yakubu Gowon granted him amnesty on the eve of
the Nigeria Civil War in May, 1967. He then enlisted and was
commissioned as a major in the Nigeria army. He fought heroically on
the side of the federal government. He was killed in active service in
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1968 after successfully liberating the Niger/Delta from the rebel Biafran
forces.
Later, Niger/Delta activists like Late Ken Saro-WIwa, who substituted
Boro’s gun with pen, and Young Shall Grow who is one of the arrow
heads in Southern Ijaw, often refer to him as a major inspiration.
KEN SARO-WIWA
Kenule Benson Saro-Wiwa was a Nigerian author, television producer
and environmentalist who led a non-violent campaign against mental
damage associated with operations of multinational oil companies. He
spent his childhood in an Anglican home and eventually proved himself
to be an excellent student, netting for himself a scholarship to study
English at Government College Umuahia. He completed his studies at
the University of Ibadan, and briefly became a teaching assistant at the
University of Lagos.
In 1990, Saro-Wiwa started devoting his time to human right and
environmental causes, particularly in Ogoni land. In 1993, Ken Saro-
Wiwa organized a peaceful march of about 300,000 Ogoni people (more
than half of the Ogoni population), drawing international attention to
his people’s plight.
Saro-Wiwa was arrested and detained by Nigerian authorities inJune
1993, but was released after a month. In May 1994, he was arrested and
after a month. In May 1994, he arrested and accused of incitement to
murder, following the death of four Ogoni elders. He denied the
charges, but was imprisoned for over a year before being found guilty
and sentenced to death by a special convened tribunal, during which
nearly all the defendants’ lawyers resigned in protest to the trial’s
cynical rigging by the Abacha regime. Very few observers were
surprised when the tribunal declared a “guilty” verdict, but most were
shocked that the penalty would be death by hanging for all the nine
defendants. However, many were skeptical that the execution would
actually occur, as the Nigerian government would face international
outrage possible sanction and other legal action should the penalties be
carried out. But on 10th November 1995, Saro-Wiwa and eight other
MOSOP leaders were executed by hanging at the hands of military
personnel. According to most accounts, Ken Saro-Wiwa was the last
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person to be hanged and thus, forced to watch the death of his
colleagues.
His death provoked international outrage and the immediate suspension
of Nigeria from the Common Wealth of Nations, which was meeting in
New Zealand at that time. The United States and other countries
considered imposing economic sanctions on Nigeria because of such
nefarious actions.
Ken Saro-Wiwa’s last statement before he was hanged was: “You can kill
the messenger but you can’t kill the message.” Young Shall Grow, who
believes that Major Isaac Adaka Boro and Saro-Wiwa are his mentors,
picked the message of Saro-Wiwa even though the messenger was
killed.
Young Shall Grow started following their path (Boro and Saro-Wiwa’s)
by devoting most of his time to human rights and environmental causes
particularly in Azuzuama (Southern Ijaw). He is a leader of MEND in
his territory that advocates for the rights of the Ijaw people. Young Shall
Grow set out the movement’s demand (MEND’s) including increased
autonomy for the Ijaw people, a fair share of the proceeds from oil
extraction, and remediation of environmental damage to Ijaw land.
MEND’s members are indigenous peoples, minorities occupied
territories who have come together to protect and promote their human
and cultural rights, to preserve their environmental and to find non-
violent solutions to conflicts which affect them.
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CHAPTER FOUR
WHY THE STRUGGLE
Nigeria, after nearly five decades of oil production, had by early 1990s
became almost completely dependent on petroleum extraction
economically, generating almost 70% of its GDP. Despite the vast wealth
created by petroleum, the benefits have been slow to trickle down to the
majority of the population, who since the 1960s have increasingly
abandoned their agricultural practices.
Annual production of both cash and food crops dropped significantly in
the latter decades of the 20th century inspite of the large number of
skilled, well-paid Nigerians, who have been employed by the oil
corporations, the majority of Nigerians and most especially the people of
Niger/Delta states.
Poverty and urbanization in Nigeria are on the rise, and official
corruption is considered a fact of life. The resultant scenario is one in
which there is urbanization but no accompanying economic growth to
provide jobs. This has ironically forced the growing populace to begin
destroying the ecosystem that they require to sustain themselves.
Some of the Ijaws, a minority ethnic group in the Niger/Delta region
attested that during this time, the government begin forcing them to
abandon their land (farm) to oil companies without consultation, and
offering negligible compensation. This was further supported by a 1979
constitutional addition which afforded the federal government full and
ownership and rights to all Nigerian territory and also decided that all
compensation for land would “be based on the value of the crops on the
land at the time of its acquisition, not on the value of the land. The
Nigeria government could now distribute the land to oil companies as it
deemed fit. How do you feel when your means of livelihood is taken
away? I leave you to judge it yourself. How fair it is?
The 1970s and 1980s saw the government empty promises of benefits for
Niger/Delta people fall through, with the Ijaws growing increasingly
dissatisfied and their environmental, social and economic apparatus
rapidly deteriorating. The conflict between Ijaws and the infrastructure
escalated to a level of greater seriousness and intensity on both sides.
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The December 1998 “All Ijaw Youth Conference” crystallized the Ijaws’
struggle for petroleum resource control with the formation of the Ijaw
Youth Council (IYC) and the issuing of Kaiama declaration. In it, long-
heed Ijaw concerns about the loss of control of their home land and their
own lives to the oil companies were joined with a commitment to direct
action. In the declaration and in a letter to the companies, the Ijaws
called for oil companies to suspend operations and withdraw from Ijaw
territory. The IYC pledged “to struggle peacefully for freedom, self-
determination and ecological justice” and prepared a campaign of
celebration, prayer, and direct action “operation climate” beginning
December, 28.
In December 1998, two warships and 10 – 15,000 Nigeria troops
occupied Bayelsa and Delta States as the Ijaw Youth Congress (IYC)
mobilized for “Operation Climate Change.” Soldiers entering the
Bayelsa State capital (Yenagoa) announced that they had to attack the
youths trying to stop the oil companies. In the morning of December 30,
two thousand young people processed through Yenagoa, dressed in
black, singing and dancing. Soldiers opened fire with rifles, machine
guns, and tear gas, killing at least three protesters and arresting twenty-
five more. After a march demanding the release of those detained was
turned back by soldiers, three more protesters were shot dead including
Nwashuku Okeri and Ghadafi Ezeifile. The military declared a state of
emergency throughout Bayelsa State, imposed a dusk-to dawn curfew,
and banned meetings. At military roadblocks, local residents were
severely beaten and detained. At night, soldiers invaded private homes,
terrorizing residents with beatings, and women and girls with rape.
The Niger/Deltans were getting increasingly frustrated with the
government’s unwillingness to address the core cause of their agitation
in the Niger/Delta. The story is that we are tired of waiting for justice;
none of the promises of the reparation of the Niger/Delta, enormous
problems are never going to be fulfilled. Frustrated that OMPADEC,
constitutional democracy ad judicial reviews, NNDC and other
administrative palliatives have never reached them beneficially, they are
now faced with the reality that there may be no humane political
responses to their elongated plight.
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Any serious security analyst should have known that with the Supreme
Court decision that operates to deny the people of these reverine areas
ownership of the oil deposits that are found offshore their backyards,
that the provocation of the Nigerian state against these long-suffering
people would have gone a bit too far. It must be naïve for any one to
expect that things would just go away quietly. Offshore or onshore
sophistry has no meaning to these people who were born and raised
inside the waters of the Niger/Delta and, in deed, would ultimately die
inside the same water some day. All they know is that it is all theirs ad
no law, no Supreme Court judgment or a written constitution can take it
away from them. Thank God for the life of Young Shall Grow who saw
the need to use non-violence means to drive their demands home.
Young Shall Grow in one of his addresses says “I know that
Niger/Deltans have been running their mouths roughly over the matter,
apparently blaming the victimized people of the Niger/Delta as Oliver
Twists,” But we tend to conveniently forget that the people of
Niger/Delta were already there before lord Luggard came to these parts
of the world; they were already there before Nigeria was born. With oil
exploitation, their lives have deteriorated badly while some have been
unduly enriched by the same oil wealth. So, it is completely erroneous to
want to rationalize the injustice of the revenue allocation and resources
control process in Nigeria by pointing to totally oppressive laws and
policies that were crafted by the same people who wanted to use the
Nigerian system to perpetually exploit the minorities of the
Niger/Delta.
According to Mike Ikhariale, “Many people who are watching the
sordid and endless carnage going on in the Israel-occupied Palestinian
territories do not seem to readily grasp the profound psychological
rationable for the extreme condition in which a person would gleefully
wrap himself up with deadly explosives harm on his otherwise
invincible enemy, knowing fully well that he would be the very first
casualty in the blast.”
Ordinarily, no sane peso, just for the vengeful satisfaction of huring his
enemy, would resort to taking his own life. It tends to defy common
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sense and every day rationality, but the bitter truth starting the word in
the face today is that, for every Palestinian youth growing up in the
horrors of the intifada, the option of suicide bombing is a better one than
living under the looming prospects of perpetual hopelessness in a land
that used to be theirs. In one word, suicide bombing is the ultimate
expression of ultimate frustration. Do you expect different thing from
the people of Niger/Delta? Many men had raised their voices calling the
attention of the government to their plight; Young Shall Grow is one of
the present advocates of justice to be done in Ijaw land.
The potentials for suicide bombing and something worse are there for all
who are not biased to see. There is no use hoping to draft troops to
communities that are already fed-up with the hope of intimidating them
and like most occupying military solution to a resistance motivated by
frustration. Every piece of oppression has its limits.
Young Shall Grow added his voice to thousands of freedom fighters that
the bottom line is that social and moral responsibilities by these oil firms
to their host communities would help but only a little. The real lasting
solution in the end of the day is for the Nigeria states to accept the
imperatives of a just and equitable resources control arrangement.
Merely tinkering with the laws and the constitutions without a
fundamental response to the issues of true federalism and a realistic
derivation mechanism is only creating recruitment grounds for potential
suicide bombers or “mammy-water raids’ as the case could be.
It is obvious from the above illustration that the struggle for the
emancipation of Niger/Delta is of necessity. You should not starve the
cow that produces milk!
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CHAPTER FIVE
YOUNG SHALL GROW: A PHILANTHROPIST
Philanthropy is a voluntary giving of time assistance or money for the
public good. The term is from the Latin word “Philanthropia” which
means “love of man.” Philanthropy is distinct from the concept of
charity which originated as part of the Judeo-Christian tradition and
denotes unselfish direct assistance.
The philanthropic impulse is as old as recorded history. In many ancient
societies, Including those of Greece and Rome, the break up of self
supporting kinship groups caused by urbanization led to the institution
of state-sanctioned measures to aid the infirm, the poor and the
disadvantaged. Similarly, Hinduism, Islam and Judaism recognize and
encourage a duty to aid the less fortunate.
In modern times, Philanthropy is associated with the disbursement of
time, talent and financial aids by individuals for a wide variety of causes
and charities. One of the best-known philanthropists in Southern Ijaw is
“Young Shall Grow” who is devoting the latter part of his life to giving
away most of the huge fortune he had amassed. Young Shall Grow is
demonstrating what Clara Barton, U.S.A. humanitarian and writer said:
“An institution or reform movement that is not selfish must originate in
the recognition of some evil that is adding to the sum of human
suffering...I suppose it is a philanthropic movement to try to reverse the
process.”
Young Shall Grow realized that in a world where there is so much to be
done, he felt strongly impressed that there must be something for him to
do (Dorothea Dix). Young Shall Grow as a child has worked his way to
the top. He believes that children born into wealth and privilege are
weakened by their soft upbringing, while children like Young Shall
Grow, born into poverty, become self-reliant and gain the ambition to
improve themselves, families and communities.
“Wealth is the business of the world,” that is, the acquisition of money is
the business of the world, rises from the fact that, with few unfortunate
exceptions, young men are born to poverty and therefore under the
salutary operation of that remarkably wise law which makes for their
good: “Thou shall earn thy bread by the sweat of thy brow” Young
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Shall Grow took the bull by the horn – he came to it, he saw it and
conquered it.
In the fashion of nowadays to bewail poverty as an evil, to pity the
young man who is not born with a silver spoon in his mouth (born into
wealth or riches), a philosopher said, “The richest heritage a young man
can be born to is poverty” (Garfield). It is not from the sons of the
million naïve or the noble that the world receives its teachers, its
martyrs, its inventors, its statesman, or even its man of affairs. It is from
the cottage of the poor that all these spring. Young Shall Grow happened
to be one of these born into the cottage of the poor but refuses to be
poor. And if there be among you, a young man, who feels that he is not
compelled to exert himself in order to earn and live from his own efforts,
I tender him my profound sympathy.
It is not the poor young man who goes forth to his work in the morning
and labours until evening like Young Shall Grow) that we should pity. It
is the son of rich man to whom providence as not been so kind as to
trust with this honorable task. It is not the busy man but the man of
idleness, who should arouse our sympathy ad cause us sorrow. “Happy
is the man who has found his work. Happy is the man who has to work
and to work hard and work long.” More kudos to you “Young Shall
Grow” for discovering who you are.
The cry goes forth often nowadays: “abolish poverty,” but fortunately
this cannot be done, and the poor we are always to have with us. Why
not work your way out of it, and you shall not be one.
I will assume for the moment, gentlemen, that you were all fortunate
enough to be born poor. Then the first question that presses upon you is
this: what shall I learn to do for the community which will bring me in
exchange enough wealth to feed, cloth, lodge and keep me independent
of charitable aid from others? “Young Shall Grow” answered that
perfectly.
The bees of a hive do not destroy the honey making bees, but the drones.
It will be a great mistake for the community to shoot the millionaires, for
they are the bees that make the most honey, and contribute most to the
hive even after they have gorged themselves. It is a remarkable fact that
every country is prosperous and comfortable in proportion to the
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number of her millionaires. For those of you who are compelled or who
desire to follow the footstep of Young Shall Grow, a business life and to
accumulate wealth giving back to the community, I commend this idea.
Andrew Carnegie said, “Beyond this never earn, make no effort to
increase fortune, but spend the surplus each year for benevolent
purposes”. “As an end, the acquisition of wealth is ignoble in the
extreme; I assume that you save a long for wealth only as a means of
enabling you the better to do some good in your day and generation.”
PHILANTHROPIC ACHIEVEMENT OF YOUNG SHALL GROW
Philanthropically speaking, the person of Young Shall Grow is a
charitable and generous leader who is fully committed and devoted to
helping other people especially the poor, the needy, the less privileged
and the entire Azuzuama community. This act of generous giving of
time, money and wealth by Young Shall Grow knows no bounds as he
tries to cover almost every facet of the lives of the people. For the sake of
emphasis, I shall narrow down this charitable act to such areas as
education, women and youth empowerment, maintenance of communal
peace and tranquility, safety of lives and properties on the water ways
etc.
EDUCATION/SCHOLARSHIP
The contribution of Young Shall Grow to the educational development
of Azuzuama community is such a great one. He has indeed shown his
love for education through the award of scholarship to a good number
of students at various levels of educational institutions. As if that was
not enough, the recent establishment of keys Nursery and Primary
School in Azuzuama community is a clear demonstration of his love for
the children education.
Suffice it is to know that, Young Shall Grow, as part of his contributions
to the development of his town, single handedly established, finance,
maintain, manage and see to the smooth running of the school. He made
it a free education system for all. What a man of vision and love for
knowledge!
In keys Nursery and Primary School, items such as school uniforms,
cardigan, sport wears, textbooks, exercise books and other writing
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materials are given to pupils at no price. Salaries and allowances of both
academic and non-academic staff of the school are promptly paid by
Young Shall Grow without delay. The establishment of the school, while
in one way serving a citadel of acquisition of knowledge and
understanding to children, it has in another way, created employment
opportunity for some unemployed people.
WOMEN AND YOUTH EMPOWERMENT
Young Shall Grow, through his Mini Recruitment Scheme, empowered a
good number of women and youths in Azuzuama community. Women
employed to sweep and clean the street across the community are on his
payroll along with the boys that do the clearing and cleaning of the
community. Others have through his influence ad intervention secured
paid jobs at local, state and federal government levels and these
measures have been a source of livelihood to the beneficiaries.
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PEACE MOVEMENT
Young Shall Grow has used his office, position and influence to restore
peace, orderliness and tranquility to the riverine communities in
Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. Before now, we
hear of communal crisis, conflicts and disputes within, between and
among communities over minor issues that should have been resolved
amicably but with the intervention of Young Shall Grow, such issues
that are capable of generating unrest within and between communities
are now discussed and resolved on a round table and lasting solutions
are also proffered and given to such issues. A good example is the
peaceful resolution of a land dispute among Azuzuama, Lobia and
Ikubie communities in Southern Ijaw L.G.A. of Bayelsa State which
would have caused a bloody war if not for the timely intervention of
Young Shall Grow.
SECURITY OF LIVES AND PROPERTY
Young Shall Grow has not only prompted peace in the region but he has
gone further to ensure the safety of lives and properties of the common
man. This, which should have been the sole responsibility of the
government, but he has taken upon himself to see that people can now
travel freely on the water ways without fear of been embarrassed
harassed and molested by the men of underworld. This he did by
fighting tirelessly to eradicate and put a halt to the operations of the see
pirates (thieves and armed robbers) as he considered their devilish
operations as oppression on the fellow Ijaw citizens.
The list is such an endless one because much as we are speaking and
talking about the philanthropic journey he had made thus far, he still
has much more in mind to do to ensure that people of the Niger/Delta
in general will wake up one day to discover that they have got total
control over their natural and mineral resource (crude oil). It is only then
that Young Shall Grow can heave a sigh of relief and say, “I have seen
and I have conquered” and going down the memory lane, he could say,
“I have fought a good fight, I have defended and emancipated the
people of Niger/Delta and yet, I arrived alive.”
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FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT
Young Shall Grow has since December, 2007 introduced annual football
competition for both male and female footballers in selected
communities in Southern Ijaw L.G.A. of Bayelsa State. Football teams
representing several communities such as Azuzuama, Lobia, Ikubie,
Apoi, Koluama, etc are brought together by Young Shall Grow to
compete favourably for a good prize. This he initiated with a view to
unite the youths in the region. Azuzuama town which plays host to the
tournament is usually lively, busy and full of activities in the season of
the competition.
Professional football officials such as referees, linesmen, moderators,
coaches and external observers are usually invited to officiate in other to
ensure that the principle of fair play is given a place in the process of the
competition. The second phase of this competition was held in
December, 2008 bringing a good number of youths from within and
outside Southern Ijaw L.G.A. together in a way to foster unity, love and
peace among them.
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CHAPTER SIX
YOUNG SHALL GROW: AN EPITOME OF
MOHANDAS GANDHI OF INDIA
“You may, if you like, cut us to pieces. You may shatter us at the canon’s
mouth. If you act contrary to our will, we shall not help you, and
without our help we know that you cannot move one step forward. It is
likely that you will laugh at all these in the intoxication of your power”
(Mohandas Gandhi).
Mohandas Gandhi was considered the greatest figure of the 20th century.
Gandhi freed India from the British Empire. But it was how Gandhi did
it that won the world’s respect. Most new nations were born through
war; Gandhi found a different way. He was against violence which
Young Shall Grow practices. He (Gandhi) was angry to find that Indians
were denied basic freedoms. He began to lead Indians in South Africa in
a struggle for equal rights. It was not an armed struggle. Gandhi
preached non-violence and Young Shall Grow embraces Gandhi’s
philosophy. He organized marches to call attention to his cause.
Gandhi described his policy by an Indian word that “truth and
firmness” which Young Shall Grow proclaims. His goal was to win his
country the right to rule itself. His methods of strong but peaceful
resistance spread across Indian. I wonder whether Young Shall Grow is
a grandson of Mohandas Gandhi.
Gandhi was a great leader of India. He followed a way of life completely
unfamiliar to young Americans. Even some of his fellow Indians had
trouble understanding of his beliefs and actions. Young Shall Grow is
experiencing the same thing in the lives of millions of people in his own
nation and in others. Gandhi’s ideas influenced Martin Luther King Jr.
and his work for equal rights for African Americans.
The rod of non-violence protest was passed into Young Shall Grow.
Gandhi’s followers called him “Mahatma” which means “Great soul”,
and analyzes both the motivations and tactics behind his pursuit of
freedom and brotherhoo ‘Ge d for his people. In the case of Young Shall
Grow, he is being called general,’ ‘Master,’ ‘Warrior,’ ‘ Burden bearer,’
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‘peace maker’ etc. Young Shall Grow, you are truly an epitome of
Mohandas Gandhi of India.
Gandhi’s life exemplifies the best qualities of a religions leader,
statesman, patriot, revolutionary and a reformer. Humanity is far richer
for having produced, richer in spiritual values and in wide diversity,
richer through demonstration of how great man can be and how much
he can accomplish.
Young Shall Grow is a unique and fascinating man, but concentrates on
the growth of MEND in the context of contemporary political events,
particularly the struggle for the Niger/Delta, using Southern Ijaw as a
paradigm.
CONCLUSION
This piece was put together to tell the story of Young Shall Grow: his
birth, struggle and lifestyle in order to inspire other youths especially in
the Niger/Delta to understand the fact that, life is not a bed of roses.
There are ups and downs, valleys and hills.
The story is largely that of endurance, perseverance and persistence at
every point in his life. It has been that of personal struggle and
determination to ensure the liberation and survival of the good people of
Niger/Delta against all odds, and to also see to it that, the Ijaw nation
will not continue to be hungry and thirsty in the midst of abundance.
The struggle of Young Shall Grow as detailed in this book was not just
for him to survive, but also to ensure the survival of the fellow Ijaw
people. He is always sad and worried when he sees considers the
sufferings and bitterness of the Ijaw people. The struggle of Young Shall
Grow is not selfish and self-centred but people-oriented. This is why his
achievement in alleviating the sufferings of the Niger Deltans is obvious
and real.
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ECHOS OF DR. GOODLUCK EBELE AZIKIWE JONATHAN (His Royal Majesty, Chief Izonperekeni of Bayelsa State)
The Visionary Credible Leader
(i) I am not burn rich (ii) I had no shoes (iii) I am one of you (iv) I have no enemy (v) If I can make it, you can make it. (vi) He said “I will not let you down”. (vii) I will never fail you (viii) He said: Peace, Security, Discipline, will attract foreign investors. (ix) He said: To do Bunkering and to lift oil products are two different
transactions. (x) He said: If youths are fully engaged in regular running sustainable
periodic salary there should be reduction in our ugly doings and undevelopmental news.
SIX PRINCIPLES OF KINGIAN NONVIOLENCE
Principle (i): Non Violence is a way of life for Courageous people.
Principle (ii): The Beloved Community is the frame work of the future
Principle (iii): Attack forces of evil, not persons doing evil
Principle (iv): Accept suffering without retaliation for the sake of the
cause to achieve the Goal.
Principle (v): Avoid internal violence of the spirit as well as external
physical violence.
Principle (vii): The Universe is on the side of justice.
SIX STEPS OF KINGIAN NON VIOLENCE Step i: Information Gathering Step ii: Education Step iii: Personal Commitment Step iv: Negotiation Step v: Direct Action Step vi: Reconciliation
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QUOTATIONS Dr. Martin Luther King Jnr.
“Keep moving if you can’t run, walk, if you can’t walk, crawl; don’t stop moving”. “There is some good in the worst of us and some evil, in the best of us”. “Hate is rooted in fear, and the only cure for fear-hate is love”. “A man who won’t die for something worthwhile is not fit to live”. “Nonviolence is the method which seeks to implement the justice law by appealing to the conscious of the majority”. “A man can’t ride your back if it is not bent”. “The ultimate measures of a man is not were he stands in the moment of comfort and convenience, But where he stands in the times of challenges and controversy”. “True peace is not merely the absence of tension but the presence of justice and brotherhood…. Agape Love”. “I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality, that is why temporarily defeated is stronger than evil triumphant”.
THE LEGITIMATE FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN RIGHTS The Niger Delta Millennium, Nigeria Decade, Conceived, Prevailing, Solutions and their Affiliations of the 1999 Constitution of Federal Republic of Nigeria, Fundamental Human Inalienable Rights (Enforcement procedure Rules and the Laws). (1) Right to life (2) Right to dignity of human personality (3) Right to personal liberty (4) Right to fear hearing (5) Right to private and family life (6) Right to freedom of thought conscience and religion (7) Right to freedom of expression and the press. (8) Right to peaceful assembly and association (9) Right to freedom of movement (10) Right to freedom from discrimination (11) Right to acquire and own immovable property any where in
Nigeria (12) Right to compulsory acquisition of property. (13) Right to restriction on and derogations from fundamental rights (14) Right to special jurisdiction of high court and legal aid
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CITIZENSHIP (1) Citizenship by birth (2) Citizenship by registration (3) Citizenship by naturalization. (4) Dual citizenship (5) Renunciation of citizenship (6) Persons deemed to be Nigerian citizens (7) Power to make regulations
Common wealth of United States of Nigeria. Your dynamic administrative diplomacy and concern with prerogative mercy to tackle these facts will be acknowledged with utmost appreciation Sir. Yours faithfully, For: STOFAL TECHNICAL COMPANY
UGULASUO KISHNER SUNDAY (Managing Director/CEO)
General Secretary, S.S. SELKY NIGERIA LIMITED Personal Associate to
Gen. Young Shall Grow (Leader, South Wing MEND)
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POST AMNESTY
IN ACTIVE ACCOUNT NUMBERS FOR SPONSORSHIP/LPO, ICPO, PRIVATE AND PUBLIC PARTNERSHIP: HOME AND ABROAD
GOVERNMENT/MULTINATIONAL AFFILIATED OPPORTUNITIES FOR RURAL AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, EQUIPMENT /LOCALIZATION OF
INDUSTRIES.
ACC. NAME: STOFAL TECHNICAL COMPANY ACC. NO: 02340 160000 624 BANK: UBA PLC ACC. NAME: STOFAL TECHNICAL COMPANY ACC. NO: 2942 0300 10052 BANK: FIRST BANK PLC ACC. NAME: STOFAL TECHNICAL COMPANY ACC. NO: 032712 0100 7757 BANK: OCEANIC BANK PLC ACC. NAME: STOFAL TECHNICAL COMPANY ACC. NO: $ 04120131000648 BANK: UBA PLS.
CC: 1. His Excellency
Architect Mohammed Namadi Sambo (GCON) Vice President Federal Republic of Nigeria
2. His Excellency Barrack Obama President United State Of America
3. The Senate President 4. The Speaker House of Representatives 5. Prof. Wole Soyinka and Others 6. Niger Delta States Governors 7. Speakers Niger Delta State House of Assemblies 8. Federal Government approved Local Government Chairmen of Niger Delta States
9. Reps. Multinational Companies/GMD NNPC 10. Chief Judges of Niger Delta States 11. Reps. of Niger Delta Ministries 12. C B N Governor 13. Reps. World Bank
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14. Serving Ambassadors to Nigeria 15. Presidents ECOWAS Communities 16. Reps. Untied Nation, United Kingdom, European Union and United Arab Emirate 17. Reps. WHO 18. Reps. OPEC 19. Reps. African Union 20. Traditional Rulers/First Class Chiefs 21. Religion Leaders 22. Women Leaders Local and International 23. Willingly Amnesty accepted Freedom Fighters, War-Lords, General from Niger Delta
and its environs 24. Reps. Of Amnesty Committees
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TABLE OF CONTENT
1. PREFACE 2. Introduction 3. Responsibilities 4. Organogram 5. Mode of Recruitment 6. Community Development Policy 7. Charges 8. Our Responsibilities 9. Benefits 10. Internal MOU 11. Conclusion
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PREFACE
STOFAL TECHNICAL COMPANY is made up of talented
professionals in Management, Engineering and other specialized areas,
to ensure the safest and best clients services, we employ constructive
management outlook to problems.
Our watchword is quality and efficiency.
Our operational scope is nation wide. Within our short period of
operation, we have resources and experience in terms of manpower that
makes us deliver qualitative service to our client at ready time.
In spite of the basic limitations/odds currently on the economy of the
nation, STOFAL TECHNICL COMPANY with key loyal personnel
have performed magnificently well in the past years.
Patronage with STOFAL TECNNICAL COMPANY will no doubt give
full satisfaction as far as quality and efficiency is concerned.
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INTRODUCTION
STOFAL TECHNICAL COMPANY was incorporated under the
Federal Republic of Nigeria Companies and Allied Matters decree 1990.
As an indigenous company, STOFAL TECHNICAL COMPANY was
primarily founded on a desire to efficiently meet the permanently
increasing labour demand and needs of other companies/industries.
Our vocation is to provide support services to these companies and to
source/recruit high level manpower in the society.
Our mission statement is “ We are committed to render the safest,
efficient, cost effective and best services to our client in a satisfactory
stage.
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STATEMENT OF CAPABILITY
Sir,
I am pleased to state here that STOFAL TECHNICAL COMPANY is
capable of carrying out any contract given to us in a high profile of
expertise in recruitment and management of workers on sites.
We have a pool of seasoned Management Scientist and Engineers with
good track records in their various field of endeavour which is giving us
the confidence in carrying out any recruitment and selection exercise
given to us successfully.
Our capability and high degree of professionalism exhibited by us
before, during and at the end of any contract is a testimony on our
competency and effectiveness on the job.
Thanks.
UGULASUO KISHNER SUNDAY Managing Director/CEO
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MODE OF RECRUITMENT
(A) AS AN EMPLOYMENT CONSULTANT
With our seasoned and tested professionals, we can advance,
interview, select and recruit for you or we can link you to the
applicant so that you can conduct the interview yourself after a
pre-screening exercise conducted in our office.
(B) AS A LABOUR CONTRACTOR
As a labour contractor, we recruit all the categories of workers
both skilled and unskilled personnel and also manage your
workforce/site.
We also handle Salary Payment, Administration, Discipline, Insurance,
Medical etc. while following our client’s guidelines.
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COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT POLICY
Due to hostility of some communities and the constant demand and
imposition of unqualified applicants to some Companies during, before
and at the end of recruitment exercise by the ever unyielding youths, we
evolved a Community base programme where we integrate both youths
and chiefs into our programme in areas of employment and security.
We liaise with the CLO various communities where our client’s
company is located to ensure that the uprising that always associated
with recruitment exercise on ground of Community demand by the
Youth leaders is reduces to the barest minimums.
As a management/employment consultant our client’s interest is our
primary focus since their success is ours. Our recruitment policy is based
on our client’s demand. Throughout our period of the recruitment none
of our client’s company as ever had any confrontation with the host
community.
We believe in dialogue and negotiation.
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CHARGES
Our charges are categorized in three ways, and each is subject to
Employer’s convenience.
Category A: (By Direct Link – cost borne by the Employee)
We charge our client’s company a constitution fee once and for all (i.e.
Negotiate) while the employee pay to us a percentage of his/her first
full month salary (total package) only as service charge, as agreed by
them and thereafter, we disengage our contract.
Category B: (By Direct Link – Cost borne by the Employers)
In this category, the employer will pay to us 10% for the employee’s
annual salary in bulk or 10% of his monthly salary (total package) for
one year including a professional fee (i.e. negotiable) Here we guarantee
the workers for one year besides taking care of the recruitment cost
including advertisement in the print and electronic media.
Category C: (Labour Contractor)
Since we are the labour supplier in this category, we discuss the terms
with our client’s company based on the company’s policy and
operational guidelines. Under this arrangement, we would manage the
workforce/site including administration, labour salary payment etc.
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OUR RESPONSIBILITY
As a labour contractor, responsibilities are as follows:
1. Creating a congenial atmosphere between our client and the host
community before, during and at the end of the project.
2. Handling workers day to day complaint at the site.
3. Kitting of worker with personal protective equipment (PPE)
based on the agreement with the company
4. Computation of “Pay off” package to workers
5. Granting salary advance and short terms loans to workers
6. Salary computation and management
7. Handling of inter and Intra union matters
8. Inspite of the fact that some categories of workers may be
interviewed, employed and assigned specific job functions by our
clients; they are by virtue of the contract, the contractor’s
employee. This means that we and our clients do not owe each
worker under the arrangement all obligations as required by the
contract of employment.
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STOFAL TECHNICAL COMPANY
ORGANOGRAMME
MANAGING DIRECTOR /CEO
TECHNICAL DIVISIONAL MANAGER
SECRETARY GENERAL
MANAGER
HEAD OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS
HEAD OF COMMUNITY RELATIONS
PERSONAL MANAGER
HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGER
HEAD OF LEGAL
AFFAIRS MARINE
SUPERINTENDENCE MANAGER
FIN./ADMIN MGR
BUSINESS DEV. MGR
PROJECT MANAGER
CASHES MGR
ACCOUNTANT
ADMIN OFFICER
SECURITY MANAGER
PROJECT ENGINEER
PROJECT QS
SAFETY OPERATIONS
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BENEFITS OF USING EMPLOYMENT CONSULTANT
The benefits of using employment consultant can not be over
emphasized, some of the benefits include:
Giving our clients more time to attend to other important issues
instead of spending such time attending to applicants
Our clients operational, administrative and other associated
cost will be reduced.
We also shield our clients from community problems by
liaising with the host communities to meet their specification
based on the Niger Delta State Employment guidelines.
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INTERNAL M. O. U (NEGOTIABLE), REACHED WITHIN THE MANAGEMENT OF STOFAL
TECHNICAL COMPANY IN RESPECT OF OUR OPERATIONS.
Sir,
1. Disposal of identities within the Managing Director during
sponsors so as to guarantee Authenticity, like Home Address,
Permanent Resident, Phone Numbers, Bank Account Numbers,
Business Registration particulars with photocopies of the firm.
2. Confirmation of job Award/Contract value has to be done by the
said bank or the body that is in position to issue the sponsors on
behalf of the Managing Director/CEO so as to reach the said
Multi-National/Parent Companies or Government Agencies that
are giving us the job opportunity to the management of Stofal
Technical Company for checks and balances.
3. The area of sponsors which ever bank or individual that the
mobilization will be guaranteed from, will also nominate one
Banker or Rep. to benefit as PRO job well done at the end of that
said contract not only contributing the mobilization with the
interest.
4. Which ever Parent/Multi-National Company, Government
Agencies very numerous to mention that recommending/giving
the job opportunities to the management of Stofal Technical
Company will also introduce one of the their company
Rep./Agents so as to benefit from the contract as job well done.
5. The management of Stofal Technical Company and the said Bank
or individual that guaranteed the sponsors also the company or
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body that giving us the job opportunities will always mobilize for
site supervisions on every mile stone completion for adequate job
well done and which will perform as our project Mon bn nnb bn
nn netary and Implementation committee within that operation.
6. We plead with our Clients such as Government Agencies,
Parent/Multi-National Companies that is giving us the job
order/supply of chemical products such as AGO, PMS, DPK etc,
to tender Irrevocable Bank Guarantee from any of the following
bank;. First Bank Plc, Union Bank Plc, UBA Bank Plc, Ecko Bank
Plc, Zenith Bank Plc, Oceanic Bank Plc, Intercontinental Bank Plc,
so as to mark Authenticity, in other words enable our
management/ sponsors so as to mobilize rapidly within our co-
operation.
7. The management of Stofal Technical Company guarantees our
sponsor, recommendation, job opportunities to go into negotiation
so as to know their quota of benefit/Belongings per liter basis
within our products supply before mobilization commences.
8. Delivery note has to be tendered from the said consumer to our
management, stating the total liters so as to commence payment
immediately after pumping.
9. Donation of Minimum Community Development Project to our
taste, so as to benefit our hostage of every job succeeding which
will mark our further interactions. Also the lasting day to day
affairs within our management.
10. Our Firm will not be a party in Honour of any Community
Recommendations of Sabotage Oil Spills activities Except the
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Company recommends our company directly to execute the
contract as a single source due to their technical.
11. It is our Community Relation’s Policy that any recommendation in
favour of Stofal Technical Company should be written and
signed as a comprehensive recommendation both Highness,
Chiefs, CDC, Youths etc excluding landlords.
12. Our management will not be a party to use the armed forces to
secure our operations within our rural operations but to employ
the Youths from our host community to perform our internal
territorial guards/security, so as to generate peace in both sides of
our operation within Niger Delta origin at large.
13. Appointment of shares/Beneficiaries will be adopted according to
the strategy of every contract award.
14. Agreement has to be signed to cover-up the proposed/internal
MOU for every contract award before mobilization commences.
Thanks.
Yours faithfully,
For: Stofal Technical Company
Signed: UGULASUO KISHNER SUNDAY
Managing Director /CEO
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CONCLUSION
As soon as approval is granted to us as your employment/labour
contractor, we will ensure that at all times; your manpower specification
even at a very short notice is met.
We are committed to the recruitment of qualified and experienced
personnel as well as the provision of various categories of workers.
We have a good track record with our banks that will never let us down
in time of need. The support from our bank have continually given us
the confidence and belief that no assignment or number of workers
given to us will be too great for us to handle or deliver.
We therefore consider ourselves to be of immense benefits to you in the
present and on-coming projects of your company.