Uganda Government has officially announced that the Final Investment Decision for the East African Crude oil Pipeline (EACOP) project will be signed off during the first quarter of 2021and create jobs for over ten thousand youths in the country.
The declaration was recently made by Uganda’s Minister for Energy and Mineral Development, Mary Goretti Kitutut, during the sixth edition of the East African Oil and Gas Summit.
She said that that the EACOP project will create over ten thousand jobs as soon as it commences, bringing the youths and skilled workers in the country to participate on some of the capacity development programmes that have been put in place by government; reports the Spy.
“Capacity building is managed by petroleum of Uganda. Ugandans are not left behind. The local people are very excited, and they are all preparing to see that they participate as there are lots of areas in the industry where they can get involved,” She explained.
She also said that capacity building is a continuous process where some of the staffs are undergoing training abroad and capacity has been built over time.
She explained that government has some Capacity Development Programme with Uganda National Oil Company, Petroleum Authority of Uganda, Uganda Ministry of Energy and Recruitment Progrmmes.
“Also, our University is training people who are working in this industry; We shall have a good percentage of Ugandans trained in the oil and gas sector by the time the sector booms. We are working very hard to make sure Ugandans benefit from the industry.” She added.
