Oil workers demand for protection and quick resolution of Niger Delta crisis

The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN), has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to ensure the protection of its members working in the Niger Delta Region. National President of the association, Comrade Olabode Johnson, while reacting to threat by the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA), warning National Union of Petroleum and Natural […]

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Unfair labour practices in petroleum sector: Oil Workers, FG fail to agree over

The meeting between the Federal Government and oil workers unions in Abuja yesterday, Monday ended in deadlock and would continue on Tuesday. The unions are the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, (PENGASSAN) and the National Union of Petroleum Natural Gas Workers( NUPENG). The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr Ibe […]

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Fuel scarcity looms as PENGASSAN begins nationwide strike today

THE leadership of Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN, has said its strike, expected to commence today, would be total. The strike was called in view of alleged insensitivity of the Federal Government to resolve some issues affecting the oil and gas sector. This is even as the Minister of Labour […]

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Can FG Halt the looming Mass Sack, Industrial Unrest In Oil Sector?

The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige has reiterated the zero tolerance of the present administration of President Muhammadu Buhari to job losses in the oil and gas or any other sector of the economy, assuring that any threat to industrial harmony must be nipped in the bud. “We all know that the backbone […]

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