The Petroleum and Natural Gas
Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) has said it will embark on
indefinite strike beginning from Monday.
This development expected to
deepen the current fuel crisis in some parts of the country follows a stalemate
in the peace meeting the Minister of Petroleum Resources, Dr Emmanuel Kachikwu,
brokered between the union and Neconde Energy Limited.
PENGASSAN and Neconde have been
embroiled in crisis over allegation of anti-worker practices.
PENGASSAN, the umbrella body of
senior workers in the oil and gas sector, alleged that the management of
Neconde wrongly terminated the employment of some of its workers, threatening
to go on strike if the sacked workers were not recalled within 72 hours.
The matter caused Kachikwu to
initiate a meeting between the two warring bodies in Abuja during the week, but
the meeting ended in a deadlock.
In a release signed by PENGASSAN
Public Relation Office, Fortune Obi, and made available to journalists
yesterday, PENGASSAN said it would embark on industrial action on Monday.
Obi said: “Following the failure
of the Minister of Petroleum Resources, Dr Ibe Kachikwu, to settle the rift
between this body (PENGASSAN) and Neconde, the management of PENGASSAN has
agreed to start the strike on Monday night (December 18th, 2017).
“Prior to the strike, PENGASSAN
will hold an emergency Central Working Committee (CWC) meeting on Monday
morning, which will be followed with announcement of strike on the night of
Monday.’’
The union said it has put its
workers across the country on standby for the strike, adding that nothing
whatsoever would stop the body from starting the strike by midnight on Monday.
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