Scores of oppressed Indian specialists at the Dangote Oil Refinery Company in Lagos State have blamed their boss for compelling them to work without pay or insurance in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.
According to them, they professed to be utilized by GTA Power Mech Nigeria Ltd., a joint endeavor between Power Mech Projects Limited and Skipper T&D undertaking ventures in Africa.
The organization had in 2017 got a $76m request for composite work delicate unit-V by Dangote Oil Refinery Company.
A unidentified man, who communicated in an unknown dialect in the interest of the gathering, stated, "We, the residents of India, are talking from Dangote Refinery, which is arranged practically 60km away from Lagos in Nigeria. We are laborers of the Dangote Refinery.
"The entire world is experiencing coronavirus, which is a worldwide pandemic. Nigeria has likewise declared its lockdown. During this lockdown, the laborers of Power Mech Company are being compelled to work. The staff here are compelling us to work through physical viciousness.
"We demand our Home Minister, Mr Amit Shah, and Prime Minister, Mr Narendra Modi, to generously comprehend our issues and assist us with escaping this circumstance by finding a way to secure and spare our lives."
As indicated by them, the laborers of numerous other Nigerian organizations are not being compelled to fill in as they are maintaining the social removing and stay-at-home request.
They asserted that, however different laborers were secure, Power Mech Company had not given any security to them.
"The individuals here are compelling us to work by removing us from our rooms and driving us into the transport so as to make us work. The organization liable for this is the Power Mech Company.
"We, the individuals working in the Power Mech Company, have not been paid. The laborers have not gotten any installment since a quarter of a year and there is no nourishment course of action made for us. The nourishment which is given is more terrible (than) those of creatures.
"In this circumstance of the pandemic, they are not sparing us from the infection yet are attempting to slaughter us of this ailment and are driving us into it with the goal that we kick the bucket," they said.
Endeavors to get a response from GTA Power Mech demonstrated unsuccessful as the organization didn't react to calls, an instant message and an email.
When reached, Dangote Group's Chief Corporate Communications Officer, Mr Anthony Chiejina, said the video was more than two months old.
He stated, "That video is over two months old. It's only a random issue. Individuals are simply doing what they like."
At the point when our journalist called attention to that the video made reference to COVID-19, Chiejina stated, "What they are stating is waste. A quarter of a year back, was coronavirus there? It is an old thing that is random."
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