NUPENG suspends strike

By Moses John
Abuja

The National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) yesterday suspended its 3-day warning strike, which commenced yesterday, ‎following a resolution reached with government, IOCs, and other stakeholders in the industry.
The union embarked on the ‎warning strike over casualisation, job security issue, non-implementation of collective agreements in the oil and gas sector and the bakarnisation of the ongoing divestment system that is currently taken place in the industry.

Speaking with journalists at the end of the meeting that lasted over five hours, NUPENG president, Comrade Igwe Achese, said having satisfied with the commitment shown by the Ministry of Petroleum Resources over the issues, the union is hereby suspending the strike.
‎Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, who presided over the meeting said  it will enforce compliance of the oil companies with agreement reached with the unions in the oil and gas industry.
“A lot of agreement have been reached but not complied with by the IOCs and the LOCs as petition by the unions  is even more painful and regretful that NNPC has also not live up to their agreements”, he said.