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.
Meanwhile
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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