Fuel scarcity looms as oil workers threaten nationwide strike
Nigeria may experience yet another round of fuel scarcity as the country’s two main oil unions NUPENG and PENGASSAN have prepared their members for a nationwide industrial action to protest alleged mass sacking by an oil company.
- Oil workers' unions NUPENG and PENGASSAN say their members across Nigeria will embark on strike action
- The strike is to protest the alleged planned mass sack of thousands of their members by a foreign oil company
- NUPENG president, William Akporeha says the strike will be carried out by all oil workers across all fields
Nigeria may experience yet another round of fuel scarcity as the country’s two main oil unions have prepared their members for a nationwide industrial action.
TVC News reports that the workers, who are aggrieved over a dispute with a foreign oil company, made this known on Saturday, September 22.
The oil unions the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) and Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) accused the oil company of plotting to sack thousands of Nigerian workers.
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This, they say is in violation of their contracts.
“NUPENG and PENGASSAN will not hesitate to embark on nationwide industrial action on this matter and we have already placed our members on red alert should the management of Chevron remain recalcitrant or adamant to rescind its anti-labor decision,” the unions said in a joint statement.
NUPENG president, William Akporeha said the strike action would be a nationwide one that would involve all members of the unions who cover a broad range of jobs across the country’s oil industry.
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NAIJ.com reported earlier that labour leaders in Nigeria, on Wednesday, September 12, cautioned the federal government to stop foot dragging on the new minimum wage and allow the tripartite committee conclude its job to avoid industrial crisis.
The labour leaders, who are members of the minimum wage committee at a joint news conference addressed in Lagos, gave the federal government 14 days to ensure that the committee conclude its work or be ready to face industrial action.
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Source: Naija.ng