PETROLEUM and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria,
PENGASSAN, on the 4th of July, 2016 directed its members nationwide to begin a strike
from Thursday, following alleged government refusal to address pending
issues affecting the oil industry.
The impending strike, according to PENGASSAN Acting General
Secretary, Lumumba Okugbawa, will affect all sub-sectors of the oil and
gas industry, including the upstream, the midstream and the downstream
sectors.
In a memo dated July 4, 2016, and addressed to all zonal chairmen,
secretaries, all branch chairmen and secretaries, the Senior Staff
Association directed its members to embark on gradual withdrawal of
services from their various offices, sites and production facilities.
Okugbawa said: “Sequel to the above subject, the Association tried to
engage the Federal Government on May 24,, 2016, which was inconclusive.
“The engagement was later fixed for June 23, 2016, which did not take
place and again of June 30, 2016 which was unceremo- niously cancelled
with no new date given.”
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