Oil workers in Nigeria are set to embark on an
indefinite strike from Monday, December 15th, as they are unhappy about some
unresolved issues they have with the Federal Government.
Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association
(PENGASSAN) and their counterparts, the National Union of Petroleum
and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG), are adamant
about conducting the strike, Premium Times reports.
An official from PENGASSAN is said
to have told reporters that ” some of the contentious issues include the
decision of the management of Total Nigeria to sack the PENGASSAN zonal
Secretary in Port Harcourt and the lack of promotion for workers of the
Petroleum Trust Development Fund (PTDF).”
The workers also reportedly complained that the
Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) which was sent to the National Assembly for
review two years ago is still yet to be passed.
“We (the oil workers) have sufficient reasons, based on information
available to us, to believe that the law makers are not prepared to pass the
law, even as the state of the country’s petroleum industry has continued to
deteriorate as a result of the absence of a regulatory and legal framework for
the industry…
This does not augur well for the future of the country’s oil industry,
as new investments would continue to elude the country, to the benefit of other
oil producing nations around the continent, if the law is not passed. This is
not acceptable,” said the official.
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