Oil workers in Nigeria are set to embark
on an indefinite strike from Monday, December 15th, as they are unhappy
about some unresolved issues they have with the Federal Government.
Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association (PENGASSAN) and their counterparts, the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG), are adamant about conducting the strike, Premium Times reports.
An official from PENGASSAN
is said to have told reporters that ” some of the contentious issues
include the decision of the management of Total Nigeria to sack the
PENGASSAN zonal Secretary in Port Harcourt and the lack of promotion for
workers of the Petroleum Trust Development Fund (PTDF).”
The workers also reportedly complained
that the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) which was sent to the National
Assembly for review two years ago is still yet to be passed.
“We (the oil
workers) have sufficient reasons, based on information available to us,
to believe that the law makers are not prepared to pass the law, even as
the state of the country’s petroleum industry has continued to
deteriorate as a result of the absence of a regulatory and legal
framework for the industry…
This does not augur
well for the future of the country’s oil industry, as new investments
would continue to elude the country, to the benefit of other oil
producing nations around the continent, if the law is not passed. This
is not acceptable,” said the official.
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