The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) has concluded plans to embark on a three-day warning strike in protest against the delay in the passage of the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) and other anti-labour activities of employers in the oil and gas sector.

The warning strike follows the expiration of the 14-day ultimatum issued by the National Executive Council (NEC) of PENGASSAN to the federal government and other concerned employers’ and agencies in the sector.
It said the ultimatum had since expired without any meaningful resolution or commitment from either the government or the concerned employers’ and agencies at resolving the issues.

A statement issued by the oil workers union said all organs of the union have been fully mobilised for the industrial actions that will affect every value chain in the upstream, midstream and downstream oil and gas industry.

The anti-labour activities listed by the oil workers include, retardation of staff promotion in the Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF), non-standardisation of nomenclature and collective bargaining agreement of the Nigerian Nuclear Regulatory Agency (NNRA), in line with what obtains in other agencies in the oil and gas industry, refusal of the management of Addax/Petrostuff Nigeria Limited and Chevron/Sudelletra to recall sacked staff, Petrobras managment unprocedural release of staff and its refusal to renew expired collective agreement and the unjust termination of appointment of the Port Harcourt Zonal Secretary and Treasurer of PENGASSAN and NUPENG respectively.

Other issues are the perilous state of the nation’s strategic and industrial roads and highways, non-beneficial deductions of National Housing Fund (NHF) from our workers, un-abating measures of addressing pipeline vandalism and crude oil theft, and divestments by International Oil Companies (IOCs) without clear guidelines to check the resultant arbitrary job losses and heightening insecurity of members/families in the troubled parts of Northern Nigeria.

The union noted that plans are at the final stage with its sister union, the Nigerian Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG), to mobilise members for a nationwide industrial actions that will disrup operations in the oil and gas sector until the federal government show genuine intention to earnestly attend and resolve the issues of industrial dispute.

The union explained that the purported termination of the appointment of its Port Harcourt Zonal Secretary, the NUPENG Zonal Treasurer was an ill-conceived act of victimisation by their employers and which the NNPC, Federal Ministries of Petroleum Resources and Labour and Productivity, the Department of Security Services (DSS), Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) had advised their management against this act but they remained unbending.

On crude oil theft and vandalism, PENGASSAN alleged high level collaboration of the security agencies, politicians and highly placed Nigerians in the buccaneering racket of oil and gas installations, adding that the ugly trend signifies a looming extinction of the oil and gas industry with attendant job losses.

The association described the deduction from workers’ salaries for the National Housing Fund (NHF) as sheer exploitation and demand that the deduction should be stopped forthwith, warning that it would resort to whatever necessary action it deems appropriate to protect its members from further exploitation of the non-beneficial policies that has serve no member’s interest in the sector.
Source: e reporter.com.ng/index.php/national-news/item/1995-pengassan-to-embark-on-a-three-day-warning-strike-over-non-passage-of-pib

I hope we're safe



The way threads dey make FP this morning is alarming!!!!


Obinoscopy I see you... Na you

Wow...

Bad for the dwindling economy of ours...

The oil benchmark is $78, right?


Pls what's the meaning of Dick+son?

eh hem na all dis kind news dey impress me...post reasonable topics....
So anyone who's posting now,forgive my first insult and greases to your mouth

Nigeria should go to blazes

Hmmm

This is good news. NUPENG should join them too.

They should stop oil production and all filling stations should stop sling fuel till PIB is passed and signed into law.

I wonder what took them so long

What where they waiting for since?

ok what is PIB?

Good morning earthlings

I made front page again...(second time)after becoming a nairalander since 1month ago.
Bravo!
Where is Nigeria heading to?

Too bad for the economy

GOD bless the poster and continue blessing him

guess i was justified to stock up on fuel. i anticipated a fuel shortage this month.

Making frontpage has lost its value

abeg I take God beg una....make una allow me reach house first b4 una strike o

Op when will the strike begin or has it been embarked upon already?

Anoda christmas movie.

Where are all those TAN musical group that are singing that GEJ has provided better oil sector

I'm sure they didnt see this b4 singing......Nonsense





In other news.......Please dont let what happened in January 2012 repeat itself again #FuelStrike

Vvg

ok.

Is it not union people again? They want government to bribe them. By the time oil hits $50 a barrel, most of them will loose their jobs.

Every negotiation now ends up on strike, hmmm.

Why blame the FG for non passage of the PIB where it is the same FG that drafted and sent the bill to the National Assembly?

The National Assembly specifically the house of representatheives under Tambuwal is responsible for the non passage of the bill.

Also, why strike over a trade dispute concerning member staffs of a private oil company?

The APC has the union executives of the NLC, ASUU and PENGASAN in their pocket.

This strike has more political undertones to it.

Why do they always plan their strike in December.

All I see is 200 per liter!!!