The planned industrial action by members of the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas, NUPENG, for Wednesday has been put on hold, Comrade Igwe Achese, President of the group has disclosed.
Achese noted that the decision was to give room for negotiations over the lingering leadership tussle in the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, IPMAN, which has almost ruined the association.
Speaking with newsmen on Tuesday afternoon in Abuja, the NUPENG boss stated that members of the union have been urged to ignore the earlier directive that they should embark on a strike.
However, he stressed that the suspension does not mean that it has soft-pedalled on the issue, warning that NUPENG might rescinds its decision to call off the industrial action.
The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, and the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association, PENGASSAN, have cancelled their proposed joint strike actions. This decision was reached on Tuesday night in Abuja after a meeting with the Federal Government. The oil and gas unions entered into…
Following the intervention of the Federal Government in the lingering leadership crisis in the Nigeria Petroleum Company, NIPCO, the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, on Friday, directed its members in the government's petroleum body to "resume work immediately." This came after the FG, through its relevant…
The industrial action embarked upon by employees of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, nationwide has been called off with immediate effect. On Wednesday morning, the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas, NUPENG, and the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASAN, shut down NNPC locations…
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