The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) has given the military 24 hours ultimatum to vacate the premises of an oil and gas firm to avert a nationwide strike.

At a media briefing in Lagos on Thursday, NUPENG President, Mr Williams Akporeha, called on the Chief of Army Staff to withdraw soldiers from the premises of Sterling Energy Exploration Company (SEEPCO) and its drilling arm, British Oil and Gas Ltd located in Warri, Delta.

“NUPENG as an organization has written to the Chief of Army Staff that soldiers be removed from the work site, that what we have on ground is not a terrorist situation but an industrial relations matter.

“Our prayers right now is that those soldiers that are there be redeployed within the next 24 hours or else we shall have no option but to embark on a nationwide industrial action,’’ Akporeha said.

He also called on the Delta State Governor to wade into the matter, adding that the union had directed its members in Warri to immediately shut down over intimidation by their employer and harassment by the military.
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Akporeha disclosed that over 2,000 of its members had been sacked by the oil and gas companies for active unionism, describing the action as oppressive and a height of high handedness on the part of the firms.

He said the firm had seven land rigs drilling in Kwale, Warri but that only two of them belonged to the union, adding that efforts by the other five groups to be unionised was resisted by the multinational corporation.

Akporeha said the union in an attempt to resolve the matter, issued a press statement but was shocked that soldiers were brought in forcing members to renounce their membership of the union in order to keep their jobs.

He alleged that the firm owned by Indians, forced workers with the help of the military into accepting working conditions that were not in line with labour laws of Nigeria.
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He urged Nigerians to rise up against the practice as no Nigerian could do same in any other country.

“When the union decided to question why the company decided to continue to resist the rights of workers to unionize, what we saw was deployment of military troops to hound and evacuate those workers that agreed to be part of the union.

“We feel that there are some processes that are no more fashionable in a democratic and a decent society than bringing soldiers to intimate harmless workers who are asking for their rights and especially just mere rights to identify with a union.

“As we speak, soldiers are distributing new employment forms of none identification with union to members if they must remain on the job.

“We have directed our members in Delta State to withdraw their services in protest of this unfortunate situation and we using this opportunity to also ask the governor of the state to immediately intervene to avoid turning his state into a dance floor for industrial crisis,” he said.
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Akporeha said that if the management of the oil and gas firms were not called to order, the union will embark on full scale nationwide strike, according to the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN.F

The NUPENG president noted that negotiations with the management of the companies failed because they came up with “a fraudulent, unacceptable idea” that they were ready to remit check off dues of workers to the union without allowing the workers to unionise.

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this is how it always happens, as soon as year end approaches, Nupeng, pengassa, nnpc, NLC and all other bodies start shaking things, cumulating in a strike or work stoppage. all aimed at the target, make fuel scarce at year end when igbos need to travel or do end of year business.

this is an artificial means of creating a scarcity which they will all benefit from higher fuel prices that will come down again in april 2019

as usual, buharri government will be watching in gross incompetence, with that short man lawyer pastor sitting there like a houseboy.

vanbonattel:
this is how it always happens, as soon as year end approaches, Nupeng, pengassa, nnpc, NLC and all other bodies start shaking things, cumulating in a strike or work stoppage. all aimed at the target, make fuel scarce at year end when igbos need to travel or do end of year business.

this is an artificial means of creating a scarcity which they will all benefit from higher fuel prices that will come down again in april 2019

as usual, buharri government will be watching in gross incompetence, with that short man lawyer pastor sitting there like a houseboy.

So, only Igbos travel and do business in December?

That's interesting.

Buhari should do something. His government have been having a NUPENG STRIKE FREE RECORD. Make this one no spoil him record.

This is just he beginning, it will spread to other states
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Another Que looming

I strongly believe Buhari will rather hand over to the army in 2019.

Buhari is evil he has turned our army to police, the army is too attached to his government .

Indians

vanbonattel:
this is how it always happens, as soon as year end approaches, Nupeng, pengassa, nnpc, NLC and all other bodies start shaking things, cumulating in a strike or work stoppage. all aimed at the target, make fuel scarce at year end when igbos need to travel or do end of year business.

this is an artificial means of creating a scarcity which they will all benefit from higher fuel prices that will come down again in april 2019

as usual, buharri government will be watching in gross incompetence, with that short man lawyer pastor sitting there like a houseboy.

Ol boy you know not what u speak....this thing has been on for months...na now e don ripe...so it has nothing to do with fuel price or igbos...ok?

Government should withdraw the soldiers and send those lazy ass to Borno State to go and fight BOKO HARAM

vanbonattel:
this is how it always happens, as soon as year end approaches, Nupeng, pengassa, nnpc, NLC and all other bodies start shaking things, cumulating in a strike or work stoppage. all aimed at the target, make fuel scarce at year end when igbos need to travel or do end of year business.

this is an artificial means of creating a scarcity which they will all benefit from higher fuel prices that will come down again in april 2019

as usual, buharri government will be watching in gross incompetence, with that short man lawyer pastor sitting there like a houseboy.

I thought there's a shorter man that's the minister of labor? I thought sanity should make you realize he's the one directly responsible for issues like this or is he an ordinary house boy too?

Or you forgot all about these because that shorter man is Igbo?

Reporting live from geo mud (mudplant) seepco kwale,, the strike is on going and there's no hope of settlement

Why do you think you would have an oil and gas company and your workers would not be in NUPENG or PENGASSAN?


It has been proven beyond any reasonable doubt that Indians cannot do business in Nigeria, the Labour Laws are completely different in each country. I have worked for an Indian, in an Indian company in India and I can tell you the labour laws are completely different. There i worked on saturdays and we clocked in with your thumb print and your days and hours are calculated at the end of the month to be paid on the 10th of the next month.

Even cleaners would clean in the morning, then serve as tea boys in the kitchen after which they would serve as office assitants and messengers during the day, then clean in the evening before going home and they would be paid peanuts.

vanbonattel:
this is how it always happens, as soon as year end approaches, Nupeng, pengassa, nnpc, NLC and all other bodies start shaking things, cumulating in a strike or work stoppage. all aimed at the target, make fuel scarce at year end when igbos need to travel or do end of year business.

this is an artificial means of creating a scarcity which they will all benefit from higher fuel prices that will come down again in april 2019

as usual, buharri government will be watching in gross incompetence, with that short man lawyer pastor sitting there like a houseboy.

And the solution is simple.

Allow marketers sell fuel at the price they want to sell.

Keeping fuel prices low is one of the reasons why oil companies cannot make enough money to retain staff, which is why they get sacked.

You want low price for fuel marketers, yet if you were a businessman you won't like it if government forces you to sell at low prices, and you cannot make enough to replenish stock, and pay your workers adequately.

Better back deregulation. Worked for GSM, and it will work for petroleum sector.

And NUPENG won't go on strike, and fuel flows at Xmas.

Those India are just ripping nigeria off you can imagine how much sterling pays the drivers and the security around the location

Good on you nupeng fight for your right our govt has fail us foreigners taking advantage

NUPENG will never change. This is always a year end bonanza...

This sh..it is not funny anymore..
To enjoy steady flow of petroleum products don become luxury for this contraption we call a country...shioor

Why only warri?

nigerians sef go strike

How is Kwale in Warri?

Those India are just ripping nigeria off you can imagine how much sterling pays the drivers and the security around the location Good on you nupeng fight for your right our govt has fail us foreigners taking advantage

Good. This is how my own company De do. Thank God for NUPENG