POST COVID-19: LADOL To Scale Up Staff Strength Before End Of 2021, Harps On Local Content 

Apparently determined to boost capacity and  increase local content participation  ,the Lagos Deep Offshore Logistics Base (LADOL) on Tuesday, projected to recruit more personnel before the end of the last quarter of 2021.

 

 

Managing Director LADOL, Dr. Amy Jadesimi who disclosed this during a parley with the media in Lagos, affirmed that Nigerians are more reliable, competent and efficient in service delivery; thus can compete favourably with their foreign counterparts at a cheaper cost .

 

The LADOL boss however speculated a total of hundred additional staff strength before the end of the year.

 

According to her, 2020 was a very tough year for investors but noted that the company  was basically poised to invest massively on human capacity .

 

“Our plans at the moment is to bring back many staff as possible as the market picks up and that is very important to us because we invest a lot on people and our staff in terms of training.

 

“There is no staff that has left that we don’t want to bring back because like I always say to people,this market is big but at the same time small. I think that going forward this year, we are hoping that by Q4, we will start to see some of these up scale and that will trigger significant hiring like probably a hundred additional people based on current projection.

 

Jadesimi said the offshore logistics firm was able to survive the dreaded coronavirus pandemic in 2020 due to local capacity, adding that the company also invested hugely on infrastructure, equipment, security and personnel.

 

Harping on local content to boost the nation’s economy drive, she noted that Nigerians were able to handled more complex task during the pandemic, stressing that local content will always be reliable and cheaper in the sustainability of any given organization during and after the pandemic.

 

“Local content is the best way forward,not just for Nigerians but for foreigners. Look at what happened during the pandemic; the oil companies and their  expatriates have to send their workers back to their countries but Nigerians and Nigeria proved themselves because things that were not supposed to be handed over to them ordinarily were later handled exclusively by Nigerians .

 

 

 

Jadesimi noted that with adaptation to government policies, LADOL was able to establish an isolation centre under Apapa Local Government , pointing out that teamwork made the organization to scale through the hurdles of COVID19 .

 

According to her, LADOL was well positioned during the global pandemic as  it was able to reduce cost in the sustenance of operations with increased policies and procedures to soothe the current realities associated with the pandemic.

 

The Managing Director reiterated that the company was keenly interested to invest on human capacity because country like Nigeria in the future would be one of the focal point  where people will  investment due to the potential and opportunities that are abound .

 

She said most businesses were currently focusing on how to survive due to the pandemic saying LADOL was not an exception.

 

While speaking on Africa Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA), Jaiyesimi expressed hopes that the trade agreement would favour Nigeria in terms of private sector participation in the market pointing out that Nigeria will not be used as a dumping ground as earlier speculated.

 

“It is the private sector participation that will drive the huge benefits for Nigeria and Nigerians in AFCFTA. We want to see more accountability, transparency, access to the markets and particularly with the small and medium sizes participation in the Africa Continental Free Trade Agreement.

 

“80% of jobs will come from the small and medium size enterprises because these are the companies that will make sure that we get the maximum economic benefits from Africa Continental Free Trade Agreement.”