Bristow To Increase Local Content By 2015
Friday, 04 February 2011 06:13 ime akpan
The management of Bristow Helicopters has said that it is not planning to lay off the expatriates in its employ, saying it would instead replace a number of them by 2015 in compliance with the federal government’s local content policy.
A statement issued in Lagos yesterday and signed by Cornelius Onuoha of Red Gecko Consultants, reads: “In response to questions, the managing director of Bristow Helicopters, Capt. Akin Oni had informed the gathering that Bristow hopes to replace a number of its expatriates with Nigerians by 2015 in line with the company’s localisation objectives. A replacement you will agree with me, is totally different from “Laying-off” which could be interpreted to mean “sacking.”
“We will appreciate you help to put the records right as Bristow does not have any plan of laying-off expatriates, but rather, plans to replace expatriates in Bristow Nigeria, with trained Nigerian experts.