Mr. Surendra Bhagwandass, an expatriate and a senior manager at Caverton Helicopters has resigned from the company over an alleged maltreatment of Nigerian workers at the leading chartered helicopters services firm.
He was Base Maintenance Manager at Caverton Helicopters in Lagos.
The company has contracts with oil giants like Shell petroleum company and Total, an American oil company among other multinational companies.
Bhagwandass, in an email obtained by media houses today claimed that he became frustrated at the company because while he was receiving a jumbo pay and other juicy official perks, Nigerian workers were poorly paid while their salaries were most often delayed.
“Shame on you guys,” “(I) heard from the people I work with that they are not paid for the festive season.
“This is a security breach as I now feel uncomfortable to travel and work with, while you guys have a merry time.
“Please have a heart as these people have family while you all enjoy the best. Being with your family and Happy.
“You all break record as the only Company in the World not to pay your workers.
“Shame on you guys,” the expatriate lamented.
Meanwhile the management of the company dismissed the allegations of the former worker describing it as “a gross case of insurbordination”.
Doyin Alegbe, a Personal Assistant to the Managing Director, Mr. Shola Falola faulted most of the claims of the expatriate.
She said because expatriate workers are paid in dollars and Nigerian staff are paid in naira, the company had challenges selling the dollars and this caused some delay in December.
She however claimed that everyone had been paid while insisting that the company did not discriminate between Nigerians and expatriate workers.
