Activities at the Warri Refining and Petrochemical Company (WRPC) in Warri, Delta State have been grounded following an ongoing protest by hundreds of casual workers against the management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC).

The protest, which is ongoing on the premises of the WRPC, started in the early hours of Thursday.

The protesters, some of whom have worked for 28 years, are demanding “conversion from casual to permanent staff, increase in salary, payment of all outstanding allowances, better working conditions and welfare”.

Some are requesting payoffs since the NNPC management has “refused” to yield to their demand for regularisation over the years.

Calling on the Group Managing Director of the NNPC, Mele Kyari to urgently address the matter, the casual staff, numbering 336, warned that there will be no resumption of work until their demands were met.

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