If their plans go as planned, the Petroleum and Natural
Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) will embark on a
three-day warning strike in protest against the delay in the passage of
the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) and other anti-labour activities of
employers in the oil and gas sector.
According to Business Day, the oil workers are protesting among other things:
1. Retardation of staff promotion in the Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF)
2. non-standardisation of nomenclature and collective bargaining agreement of the Nigerian Nuclear
Regulatory Agency (NNRA) in line with what obtains in other agencies in the oil and gas industry
3. Alleged refusal of the management of Addax/Petrostuff Nigeria Limited and Chevron/Sudelletra to recall sacked staff
4. Alleged Petrobras management unprocedural release of staff and its refusal to renew expired collective agreement
5. Unjust termination of appointment of the Port Harcourt zonal secretary and treasurer of PENGASSAN and NUPENG, respectively
6. Perilous state of the nation’s strategic and industrial roads and highways, non-beneficial deductions of National Housing Fund (NHF) from our workers.
7. Un-abating measures of addressing pipeline vandalism and crude oil theft, and divestment by international oil companies (IOCs) without clear guidelines to check the resultant arbitrary job losses, heightening insecurity of their members/families in the troubled parts of Northern Nigeria.
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According to Punch, The association noted that the 14-day ultimatum given by its National Executive Council meeting of October 30, 2014 to the Federal Government and other concerned employers’ and agencies and further ratified by the Joint NEC of both NUPENG and PENGASSAN on October 31, 2014, had since expired without any meaningful resolution or commitment from either the government or the concerned employers’ and agencies at resolving the issues.
A statement issued by PENGASSAN national secretariat on Sunday read, “Plans are at the final stage with its sister union, Nigerian Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG), to mobilise members for a nationwide industrial action that will disrupt operations in the oil and gas sector until the Federal Government shows genuine intention to earnestly attend and resolve the enumerated issues at stake.”
Checks by our reporter around Ikeja, capital of Nigeria’s commercial hub, Lagos ,indicates that petrol stations are short of fuel as long queues have been spotted in the area and even beyond.
A twitter user @Mijiafe also gives a first-hand information on the situation in Oba-Akran, a busy commercial road in Ikeja today.
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Oil workers working in an oil facility
1. Retardation of staff promotion in the Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF)
2. non-standardisation of nomenclature and collective bargaining agreement of the Nigerian Nuclear
Regulatory Agency (NNRA) in line with what obtains in other agencies in the oil and gas industry
3. Alleged refusal of the management of Addax/Petrostuff Nigeria Limited and Chevron/Sudelletra to recall sacked staff
4. Alleged Petrobras management unprocedural release of staff and its refusal to renew expired collective agreement
5. Unjust termination of appointment of the Port Harcourt zonal secretary and treasurer of PENGASSAN and NUPENG, respectively
6. Perilous state of the nation’s strategic and industrial roads and highways, non-beneficial deductions of National Housing Fund (NHF) from our workers.
7. Un-abating measures of addressing pipeline vandalism and crude oil theft, and divestment by international oil companies (IOCs) without clear guidelines to check the resultant arbitrary job losses, heightening insecurity of their members/families in the troubled parts of Northern Nigeria.
READ ALSO: Subsidy Payment: N45bn For Oil Marketers On The Way – Okonjo-Iweala
According to Punch, The association noted that the 14-day ultimatum given by its National Executive Council meeting of October 30, 2014 to the Federal Government and other concerned employers’ and agencies and further ratified by the Joint NEC of both NUPENG and PENGASSAN on October 31, 2014, had since expired without any meaningful resolution or commitment from either the government or the concerned employers’ and agencies at resolving the issues.
A statement issued by PENGASSAN national secretariat on Sunday read, “Plans are at the final stage with its sister union, Nigerian Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG), to mobilise members for a nationwide industrial action that will disrupt operations in the oil and gas sector until the Federal Government shows genuine intention to earnestly attend and resolve the enumerated issues at stake.”
Checks by our reporter around Ikeja, capital of Nigeria’s commercial hub, Lagos ,indicates that petrol stations are short of fuel as long queues have been spotted in the area and even beyond.
A twitter user @Mijiafe also gives a first-hand information on the situation in Oba-Akran, a busy commercial road in Ikeja today.
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