it is only in Nigeria where a private company sacks an employee, the trade union instead of picketting that company can decide to shot down the entire country as a protest for that one employee. I heard part of the reason for the NEPENG &PENGASSON strike was due to the sacking of one employee by Total oil. smh!!

secondly, it is only in this country that people expect a govt. to do sth the same way it was done in the past and expect a new result. NUPENG & PENGASSON says they want govt to do thorough maintenance of the refinies and also build new ones. my simple question to them is that: is maintenance a one-off thing? over the years since those refineries were built, govt after govt have been unable to successfully do the needed maintenance and build new ones not just because there was no political will but there is gross incompetence & corruption of the authorities in the NNPC . this same govt. is being pressured to do maintenance and build new refineries as opposed to privatization and removal of subsidy.

they talked about the petroleum industry bill as part of the reason for the strike and I want to ask where were they when the NASS was foot-dragging the passage of the bill? did NUPENG & PENGASSAN just come to the consciousness of the importance of the bill? or rather they are jst playng politics?

to me, I know the unionists in NUPENG & PENGASSAN are not stupid. they ard consciously working for the cabals that are feeding fat from the disorganized nature of the industry.