*Unpaid severance benefits, others lead to Nigeria losing 30 thousand barrels of crude oil bpd , gas power plant others shutdown.

By Tessy Mingo,

The joint union of Nigeria Union of Petroleum And Natural Gas Workers and the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria on Wednesday, December 9, 2020 shutdown the Pan Ocean OML 98 Flow Station field now being partially taken over by NPDC at Ovade, Oghara, Delta State.

The shutting down of the flow station will cause Nigeria’s economy to bleak further as the country begins losing 30 thousand barrel of crude per day as well as 50 million scf of gas daily which has plunged Egbin Power plant and those areas and states they supply into darkness.

The National body of the two unions, NUPENGASSAN had ordered the shutting down of the flow station due to unpaid agreed severances of Pan Ocean workers which the management of Pan Ocean and federal government have signed more than seven months ago.

They are however angry that after several months of writing series of letters of reminder to Pan Ocean, NNPC, DPR, NAPIMS as well as Ministry of labour and Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, there has been no attention and attempt to pay them, they noted that NPDC has commenced take over of the facility but haven’t rolled-over workers as it is the norm, practiced in the oil and gas industry .

OML 98 and OML 147 as well as NPDC OML 111 (Oredo fields) and other companies flowing through Pan Ocean flow station and export line have all been affected as 30 thousand barrel per day crude oil, goes off Nigeria quantum of crude daily production.

It could be recalled that the NUPENG Branch Chairman, Comrade Aboy Udi, PENGASSAN Branch Chairman, Comrade Rex Aibangbee as well as NUPENG National PRO, Comrade Cogent Ojobor and PENGASSAN Warri Zonal Council Vice Chairman, Comrade Prince Audu Peter Oshiokhamele with NUPENGASSAN National President, Williams Eniredonana Akporehe and PENGASSAN National President comrade, Comrade Osifo Festus both unanimously declared and gave Pan Ocean and federal government as well as relevant agencies 48 hours starting from December 7, to meet up the demands of the workers or they shutdown their operations.

They reiterated that the two union presidents have been directed that they should shutdown operations if NNPC, NAPIMS and Ministry of Petroleum doesn’t resolve the issues amicably by paying the workers what’s due them as well as rolling them over as employees of NPDC.

https://egbemavoice.com/2020/12/breaking-nupengassan-shutdown-oml-98-as-nigerias-economy-bleaks-further/

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How can Nigerian workers be treated as slaves in their own land. @lalasticlala or the MOD concerned, kindly help move this to front page, please.

Front page material. A worker deserves his wages. Only in Nigeria can you see such anomaly and wickedness.