"Our Principal Consultants are experienced and tested individuals"

They are reputed for their unassailable record of integrity and high productivity.

About Us

OUR FIRM

Lington & Bernie Consulting Limited was established on October 8, 1999 to provide efficient and qualitative consulting services to the oil and gas industry as well as banks and financial institutions in the areas of human resources placement and management, human resources consulting services, tax administration and payroll services as well as oil and gas fiscal and contractual terms advisory services.
The Principal Consultants are experienced and tested individuals in human resources and financial management. They are professional accountants, tax and human resources practitioners with over one hundred years of cumulative experience in all aspects of taxation and human resources management. They are reputed for their unassailable record of integrity and high productivity.


OUR OBJECTIVES
At Lington & Bernie Consulting Limited, we assist in creating value in organizations by adopting a business-like approach to each assignment.
Our objectives are:
  1. To assist our clients in streamlining their operations by providing alternate innovative systems that will enable them to focus on their core business activities so as to achieve effective and efficient service delivery to their customers.
  1. To assist our clients in obtaining a very stable and conducive work environment with satisfied as well as trained and developed employees who contribute at their maximum capacities, thus impacting positively on the company goals.
  1. To critically examine the overall impact of all tax decisions taken by our client and based on our experience and existing legislations, give the best professional advice that will minimize their tax burden whilst maximizing the overall corporate value.
  1. To give our clients in the oil and gas industry, the best professional advice on fiscal and contractual terms, based on existing legislations and several years of experience that our consultants have acquired.

Our Clients


The following are the list of our clients:

  • ACCESS BANK PLC.

  • ADDAX PETROLEUM DEVELOPMENT COMPANY UNLIMITED

  • ANADARKO JDZ BLOCK 3 LIMITED

  • ANDCHRISTIE DENTAL CLINIC

  • BRASS EXPLORATION UNLIMITED

  • ECOBANK PLC.

  • EDUCATION TRUST FUND

  • EXXON MOBIL PRODUCING UNLIMITED

  • FAGOSI SYSTEMS

  • FEDERAL INLAND REVENUE SERVICES

  • FINANCIAL DERIVATIVES

  • GADGAS LIMITED

  • GATEWAY COMMUNICATION LIMITED

  • IBTC CHARTERED BANK PLC.

  • IKOYI/OBALENDE LOCAL GOVERNMENT

  • INDEX BROOK LIMITED

  • INDEPENDENT NATIONAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION

  • INTERCONTINENTAL BANK PLC.

  • IN-SOURCING NIGERIA LIMITED

  • LATERNA VENTURES

  • MONI PULO LIMITED

  • NIGERIA LNG

  • PENIEL APARTMENTS

  • PIOONEER NATURAL RESOURCES NIGERIA

  • SKYE BANK PLC

  • SOGENAL LIMITED

  • SOUTH ATLANTIC PETROLEUM LIMITED

  • STANBIC IBTC BANK

  • STANDARD CHARTERED BANK

  • STERLING BANK PLC

  • UNION BANK OF NIGERIA

  • UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS TEACHING HOSPITAL




HR Consultancy Services

Human capital continues to pose a great challenge amongst all the factors of production.  These challenges include but are not limited to ensuring the availability of quality personnel in the right quantity, ensuring Just-In-Time Recruitment, Provision of Enabling  Environment for optimum performance, Staff Welfare, Interpretation and Implementation of Policies, Industrial Relations, Job Description and Evaluation, Compensation and Benefits, Leave Administration, Payroll Records, Transfer, Confirmations, etc.
Our Consultancy Services include the following areas in which we have demonstrated our expertise:
1.         CHANGE MANAGEMENT
Nothing is static, therefore change is inevitable.  Every organization needs to keep current and updated with the global trends.  Our services include:
  • Positioning for change expectation and proactive management
  • Succession Planning
  • Crisis Management
2.       RECRUITMENT PROCESS REVIEW
As part of our progressive human resources management, it is essential that the recruitment process be reviewed on a continuous basis in order to keep updated and in line with international best practices.  Our services include:
  • Developing strategic recruitment initiatives based on the demographics of company’s current manpower
  • Adoption of  more efficient and professional recruitment process
  • Mapping out in detail the recruitment process.
  • Review and recommendation of best selection techniques as appropriate to company’s peculiarities.
  • Development of aptitude test and other test (e.g. work sample test, etc) in line with profession and grade.
3.     SALARY SURVEY
In a constantly changing world, it is important for organizations to remain very competitive in order to retain their quality sourced employees. From time to time therefore, the salaries and compensation package of staff needs to be adjusted in line with industry practice.  Our services include:
  • Compilation of salary and benefits survey in the industry.
  • Bench Marking
4.      RETIREMENT PLANNING
Most organization often does not prepare retiring employees for what to expect at retirement. Invariably most of these employees suffer from post retirement syndrome.  The importance of planning for one’s retirement years cannot be over emphasized. Employees need to be adequately prepared for retirement so as to minimize the trauma accompanying retirement. Our services include orientation of staff in:
  • Goal Setting/Avoiding Common Mistakes
  • Money Management/Estate Planning Strategies
  • Health Care/Medical/Insurance
5.     CREDENTIALS VERIFICATION
In order to have a reliable recruitment process, it is necessary to have background checks on employees and prospective employees as experience has shown that many employees often present falsified credentials to organizations at the time of recruitment.  Our services include:
  • Conducting background checks which include credentials verification on existing employees.
  • Conducting background checks and credentials verification on prospective employees.