The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) on Tuesday night called off its three-day warning strike after a meeting with the Group Managing Director (GMD) of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Andrew Yakubu.
Announcing the suspension of the strike during a news conference, the
NUPENG President, Achese Igwe said the decision to end the industrial
action was for the interest of the public and the intervention of Mr Yakubu.
Mr Igwe listed the major issues which had led to the warning strike to include the high level of insecurity in Nigeria, bad state of the roads, rising oil theft in the Niger Delta, non-adherence to guidelines on contract staffing/casualisation in the sector and abuse of expatriate quota.
NUPENG on Monday directed all its members at the depots to stop
loading petroleum products for the next three days to protest the
alleged inhuman treatment of its members by the management of Chevron,
Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) and Agip Oil Company.
The strike was also called to protest the refusal of Nigerian
Association of Road Transport Owners (NARTO) to implement the signed collective bargaining agreement with petroleum tanker drivers.
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