Baker Hughes enslaves us in our own country – #Nigerian staff protest in #Rivers [PHOTOS]

The staff of Baker Hughes Company in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on Friday staged a protest demanding an end to modern day slavery, mental and psychological oppression.
The staff lamented the anguish they have been subjected to for several years by the 3rd largest oil service firm in the world, which has its headquarter in Houston, Texas, USA.

According to them, Baker Hughes pays senior Nigerian staff 2 dollars monthly feeding allowance, shows blatant disregard to Nigerian Labor Laws and subjects staff to slave contracts.

In a peaceful protest, the workers converged at the office premises in Trans-Amadi Industrial Layout Rd in the state capital, displaying placards and demanding an end to foreign companies enslaving Nigerians in Nigeria.

They actively staged a lock out and shut the gates of the Port Harcourt base of the company.Hughes4

In a statement they said, “We need our voices to be heard, people are losing their lives as a result of the terrible working conditions in this company. We need to put an end to this.”

In an open letter made available to DAILY POST, the workers bemoaned: “In light of the recent times and the current oil and gas industry downfall, Baker Hughes Incorporated, BHI, in a bid to cut the voices of their employees from being heard has denied its employees their right to associate with the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN. This highlights BHI’s disregard to the Nigerian Labour Laws.

“Even with this success and the significant contribution of the West African Geo-market (where Nigeria holds the largest market share in Africa and up until recent times met and surpassed all targets given), BHI’s management have continuously subjected the Nigerian staff to unbearable hardship in the form of a “slave contract’ dressed as an “individual contract.”



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