Aggrieved workers of NPDC/NECONDE joint venture, operators of OML42, at the weekend peacefully protested against unpaid salaries, unfriendly working conditions and appointment without employment letters.
The protesting workers from eight different contracting firms, barricaded the entrance of NPDC/Neconde yard in Warri, Delta State, with placards bearing different inscriptions such as, “workers welfare should be paramount”, “we want salary review,” “end to workers’ slavery” among others.
The protesters claimed that they have not received their salaries for over eight months, accusing NPDC/Neconde JV of declining to pay the different contractors, zero welfare for staff, adding that bonuses of over 13 months and other emoluments were still pending.
One of the protesters who gave his name as Ayodeji Oluyinde, said some of their colleagues have lost their lives due to the inhumane treatment they are being subjected to, regretting that they have been working without employment letters.