Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN, yesterday, directed its members nationwide to begin a strike from Thursday, following alleged government refusal to address pending issues affecting the oil industry.
The impending strike, according to PENGASSAN Acting General Secretary, Lumumba Okugbawa, will affect all sub-sectors of the oil and gas industry, including the upstream, the midstream and the downstream sectors.
In a memo dated July 4, 2016, and addressed to all zonal chairmen, secretaries, all branch chairmen and secretaries, the Senior Staff Association directed its members to embark on gradual withdrawal of services from their various offices, sites and production facilities. Okugbawa said: “Sequel to the above subject, the Association tried to engage the Federal Government on May 24,, 2016, which was inconclusive.
“The engagement was later fixed for June 23, 2016, which did not take place and again of June 30, 2016 which was unceremoniously cancelled with no new date given.” Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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This group of idiots have perfected the art of going on strike with the flimsiest of excuses. One day, we will wake up to hear that they embarked on strike because their officials were denied sex by their spouses can't government proscribe this useless group? Smh
ReplyDeleteThey are fantastically nauseating!
DeleteThis PENGASSAN with its sister NUPENG should be proscribed! Enough of these their nonsenses!!
DeleteAnonymous 6.38,have u even taken your time to understand or find out what the issues are before calling people idiots? Government owes the Oil companies $7billion JV cash call arrears putting the companies at a risk of not being able to do business and you call that flimsy? SMH too.
ReplyDeleteIs strike always the way out? The easy resort to strike shows shallow-mindedness. It's like they have only one prescription for any issue they have: STRIKE! Who suffers?
DeleteThey are using their advantaged position- access to national asset to punish the true owners of the assets - THE MASSES!
Why defend them, we have just barely forgotten the last strike now they want to embark on yet another. Double smh*.
DeleteIf not for greed and corruption how does a company survive with being owed billions and still carryon. Or is this another arm of the millitants? No wonder our people no longer want to stay in Nigeria, always looking outside our shores for greener pastures doing any degrading jobs. Pls enough is enough e joooooooooooo.
A lot of that amount is fraudulent and the government knows this.
DeleteFG Owing them for subsidy or what? These people are the problem of this country.
ReplyDeleteGod sees the heart of everyone and will judge them according to what they have contributed to this country
Anonymous 8.19am It is not a subsidy matter but a partnership where everyone funds the business and share the profits. Government is not providing their share of the funding but collecting the profits.
DeleteIn civilised climes ate better ways of resolving industrial dispute without resorting to strike. Industrial democracy is the most civilised way of resolving issues through collective bargaining mechanism and procedures. This is necessary because of its impact in avoid lost of man hour and Consequent economic lost. Our economy cannot continue to suffer this kind of avoidable battery. I hope the union leaders will be considerate for the sake of our economy.
ReplyDeleteAs some ppl are making little money from biz don tink other are making less government should pay dem and stop all dis anti business activities foolish ppl
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