TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT

We recognize that staff training and development is a continuing exercise and so in line with our policy to maintain competitive advantage with a competent and proactive team, we complement on the job training with off the job training involving all our relevant occupational skills.  It is noted that our staff constitute our most valued investment. We therefore do all we can to employ and keep the best in the industry.

On the job training: This is a permanent feature of our operations. Supervisors have the responsibility to consistently train and mentor their subordinates on the job. Every subordinate appreciates that he/she is being prepared for high responsibility.

Off the job training: There is regular selection of employees for off the job training. We choose relevant programs regularly from government approved training agencies. Selected staff are those who are best equipped to benefit from such training in exercise of their regular duties in the Company.

Our personnel training policy is geared towards increasing knowledge and development of kills as well as enhancing performance in relation to personnel specific jobs in our Company. In developing and choosing training programs we ensure that our needs and those of clients are taken care off.

Our experience over the years confirm that we have achieved greater staff satisfaction through enhanced self confidence as well as career enhancement and personal development. All these translate to improved quality service delivery to our clients.

S.J. ABED is one of the companies operating in the Niger Delta area that have placed so much premium on cordial and excellent contractor – host community relations. We adjust our organizational culture to fit the local social milieu.

It is our policy to be environment friendly in our host community and wherever we carry out our activities. To this end, our waste management program has been meticulously implemented to avoid polluting the environment in which we work. We comply with all statutory requirements as regards waste management and where possible, we tend to cooperate with the hosts in the best programs on waste management.

As circumstances permit, we provide job opportunities for the indigenes of the host communities. This is in the form of employment and contract services to the deserving individuals and companies.

Besides complying with statutory and social requirements, we believe it is our responsibility to make discretionary contributions to our hosts. This is intended to balance the needs and expectations of all stakeholders.

Apart from the glaring gaps which we may discover in the environment, we hold regular meetings with our host community leaders to discuss our intentions towards them and seek their opinion on the best way forward. This practice has made it easy for us to assuage them and encourage cordial co-existence. 

As a prudent corporate citizen, S.J. ABED will always be ethical in its operations, and socially responsible to the host communities. We must always be good citizens and accordingly support good works and charities in anywhere we find ourselves.

Our efforts are corroborated by the recommendations and commendation letters we have received from our host communities over the years.

S.J. Abed has a wide supply network over Nigeria. We rely absolutely on our national suppliers for all our needs. We source all materials/inputs locally.  S.J. Abed has complied fully with the Federal Government directives on the Nigerian content targets as it relates to companies operating in the oil and gas sector of the economy.

Our procurement manager ensures that food items, technical equipment, kitchen equipment are only purchased from reliable sources. Audit of food suppliers premises are conducted prior to entering into any supply business. This cover production processing, storage and subsequent transport of the products to our facilities, to ensure satisfactory standards of hygiene.

Local Supplies and Indigenous Patronage. 

We buy 100% of all our food materials in Nigeria from indigenous suppliers, contractors and farmers. The Nigerian oil and gas companies by contracting its major catering requirements to S.J. Abed is maximizing its local content percentage patronage in that subheading (catering) in an effort to satisfy government desire for utilization of local products. 

S.J. Abed operates its own independent outlets and bases in different parts of Nigeria. This enables us to support our various locations with effective logistics team, utilizing fleet of trucks for all our various deliveries pickups and offshore containers. We also own marine vessels for sea transportation in the Delta region of Nigeria.

Our storage facilities in Lagos, Port Harcourt and Warri have sufficient room to store dry food and maintenance materials for up to five months ahead. With the frozen items we have our own cold rooms which can store up to about 20 tons of food materials to ensure that we hold stock for several weeks ensuring prevention of shortages.

We have introduced in our system Bin cards where we record all the materials supplied with date and materials requisition sheet. This bin card determines how long the supplies have been with us. We have also introduced FIRST IN, FIRST OUT module to enable us  track our supplies accordingly.

S.J. Abed is financially buoyant, having valuable landed property in strategic locations in the country. We own our head office premises in Lagos and we have developed other properties in Abuja. We also own our office premises in Port Harcourt as well as the guest houses. We have quick cash response assistance from our various bankers and are capable of resisting any financial stress. We have excellent relationship with our banks.

We proudly claim that we are financially empowered. Our performance in our various areas of operation encourages financial institutions to stand by us as and when needed.

Conscious of our financial capability, our clients do not have any qualms expanding and extending their contracts with us. We therefore endeavour to maintain this trust.