A former youth president of Effi community in Ikom LGA of Cross River State, Alobi Ofuka, has listed an array of reasons youths in the community drove away Chinese nationals operating a wood processing factory on Monday.
Ofuka spoke to journalists, saying the Chinese never had genuine papers authorising them to enter their community to operate the wood factory. 'They employ underage children, which in law is termed 'Child Labour', maltreat our sons and daughters who work for them and beat them up at will. 'How can you employ staff to work in your factory without safety equipment? No safety boots, no helmet or gloves.
We can't continue living with faceless foreign nationals who are indiscriminately depleting our natural resources. 'They promised, like we heard, that they were going to employ some of our youths. The ones they've employed are seriously being maltreated without welfare. Not long ago, one of our sons, Alobi Ndoma, lost three of his fingers while working at the factory.
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