{"id":12117,"date":"2016-10-27T19:58:18","date_gmt":"2016-10-27T19:58:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=12117"},"modified":"2016-10-27T19:58:18","modified_gmt":"2016-10-27T19:58:18","slug":"sacking-of-3000-oil-workers-nupeng-issues-21-day-ultimatum-to-fg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=12117","title":{"rendered":"Sacking of 3000 oil workers: NUPENG issues 21-day ultimatum to FG"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><code><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- www.deltanewsroom.com --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2163942495525027\" data-ad-slot=\"1411897411\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/code><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alternativeadvert.com\/show.php?z=30&amp;pl=11330&amp;ad_type=59&amp;rl=180\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers(NUPENG) on Wednesday issued a 21-day ultimatum to the Federal Government, urging it to prevail on international oil companies operating in the country to stop the ongoing mass retrenchment of oil workers to avoid further loss of jobs.<\/p>\n<p>National President of NUPENG, Mr. Igwe Achese, stated this on Wednesday at the end of a meeting of the\u00a0Central Working Committee of the union held in Effurun, Uvwie Local Government Area of Delta State.<\/p>\n<p>Achese said many oil companies, including Chevron, ExxonMobil, Pan Ocean and Ground Petroleum, among others, were leaving\u00a0the country following the prevailing economic recession, which has led to the sacking of about 3,000 oil workers.<a href=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Shell.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-12075\" src=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Shell-300x215.jpg\" alt=\"shell\" width=\"300\" height=\"215\" srcset=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Shell-300x215.jpg 300w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Shell.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"td-g-rec td-g-rec-id-content_inlineright\"><\/div>\n<p>He said\u00a0if the Federal Government fails to stop the\u00a0ongoing massive retrenchment in the sector, many oil workers would be sacked by their employers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u00a0is painful to say as I address you, Chevron has wound up in the East and their offices closed. A total of 1,500 workers were sacked without their entitlements and nobody is saying anything. As we speak, many companies have left and many others are winding up to go.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMany oil companies are winding up, including ExxonMobil, Pan Ocean, Sapiem Ground Petroleum, and Hercules Offshore Nigeria Limited. About 3,000 workers have already been sacked by the various oil companies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Federal Government should act fast to avert further loss of jobs. There is too much redundancy in the oil industry, which needs urgent action from government to salvage the situation,\u201d Achese said. Source: PUNCH<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- www.deltanewsroom.com --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2163942495525027\" data-ad-slot=\"1411897411\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><code><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alternativeadvert.com\/show.php?z=30&amp;pl=11330&amp;ad_type=59&amp;rl=180\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/code><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers(NUPENG) on Wednesday issued a 21-day ultimatum to the Federal Government, urging it to prevail on international oil companies operating in the country to stop the ongoing mass retrenchment of oil workers to avoid further loss of jobs. 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