The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria said on Friday that it will resist the planned retrenchment of 600 workers by Chevron Nigeria Limited.

Chevron Nigeria Limited has said it will slash its workforce by 25 per cent as it is reviewing its manpower requirements in the light of the changing business environment.

CNL disclosed this on Friday in a statement entitled ‘Chevron Nigeria Limited reviews workforce in accordance with business exigencies’.

The oil major said it would continue to evaluate opportunities to improve capital efficiency and reduce operating costs.

A statement by Chevron Branch of PENGASSAN signed by its Branch Chairman, Mr Ete Oyegbanren, and Branch Secretary, Mr Lavin Aghaunor, said 2,000 workers received notification on Thursday that their services were no longer required by Chevron.

It said they were informed that those interested could apply afresh for new jobs “wherein 600 of them would be subsequently declared redundant and their appointment terminated.”

The union accused Chevron of planning to engage more expatriates in America to replace the 600 Nigerians.

PENGASSAN called on the Federal Government to call the management of Chevron to order and direct them to comply with Nigerian laws and regulations in the oil and gas industry.

CNL’s General Manager Policy, Government and Public Affairs, Mr Esimaje Brikinn, said the new organisational structures would require approximately 25 per cent reduction in the workforce across the various levels of the organisation.

“The aim is to have a business that is competitive and have an appropriately sized organisation with improved processes,” he said.

World War I (or the First World War, often abbreviated as WWI or WW1) was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918. Contemporaneously known as the Great War or "the war to end all wars",[7] it led to the mobilisation of more than 70 million military personnel, including 60 million Europeans, making it one of the largest wars in history.[8][9] It is also one of the deadliest conflicts in history,[10] with an estimated nine million combatant deaths and 13 million civilian deaths as a direct result of the war,[11] while resulting genocides and the related 1918 Spanish flu pandemic caused another 17–100 million deaths worldwide,[12][13] including an estimated 2.64 million Spanish flu deaths in Europe and as many as 675,000 Spanish flu deaths in the United States.[14]

World War I

Clockwise from the top:

The road to Bapaume in the aftermath of the Battle of the Somme, 1916 British Mark V tanks crossing the Hindenburg Line, 1918 HMS Irresistible sinking after hitting a mine in the Dardanelles, 1915 A British Vickers machine gun crew wears gas masks during the Battle of the Somme, 1916 German Albatros D.III biplane fighters near Douai, France, 1917

Date 28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918

(4 years, 3 months and 2 weeks)

Peace treaties

Treaty of Versailles

Signed 28 June 1919

(4 years and 11 months)[b]

Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye

Signed 10 September 1919

(5 years, 1 month, 1 week and 6 days)

Treaty of Neuilly-sur-Seine

Signed 27 November 1919

(4 years, 1 month, 1 week and 6 days)[c]

Treaty of Trianon

Signed 4 June 1920

(5 years, 10 months and 1 week)

Treaty of Sèvres

Signed 10 August 1920

(6 years, 1 week and 6 days)[d]

United States–Austria Peace Treaty

Signed 24 August 1921

(3 years, 8 months, 2 weeks and 3 days)[e][f]

United States–Germany Peace Treaty

Signed 25 August 1921

(4 years, 4 months, 2 weeks and 5 days)[g]

United States–Hungary Peace Treaty

Signed 29 August 1921

(3 years, 8 months, 3 weeks and 1 day)[h]

Treaty of Lausanne

Signed 24 July 1923

(8 years, 8 months, 3 weeks and 4 days)[i]

Location

Europe, Africa, the Middle East, the Pacific Islands, China, Indian Ocean, North and South Atlantic Ocean

Result

Allied victory

Central Powers victory on the Eastern Front nullified by defeat on the Western Front

Fall of all continental empires in Europe (including Germany, Russia, Ottoman Turkey and Austria-Hungary)

Russian Revolution and Russian Civil War, with the collapse of the Russian Empire and the subsequent formation of the Soviet Union

Widespread unrest and revolutions throughout Europe and Asia

Creation of the League of Nations (more ...)

Territorial

changes

Formation of new countries in Europe and the Middle East

Transfer of German colonies and territories, Partitioning the former Ottoman Empire, Austria-Hungary and the Russian Empire, transfer of territories to other countries.