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NUPENG, PENGASSAN call off strike after midnight meeting with Kachikwu

Ibe kachikwu
Ibe kachikwu
Labour unions in Nigeria’s oil sector, the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas (NUPENG) and the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN), have called off their strike with immediate effect.
The unions had shut offices of
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, nationwide following the announcement of its unbundling by minister of state for petroleum, Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu.
Kachikwu the Group Managing Director of NNPC, had explained that what the oil corporation did was “reorganization,” a restructuring that will see it split into five divisions. He assured that he was going to meet the unions yesterday to forestall further action by the unions, which may lead to a more biting fuel scarcity across the country.
But the unions have now resolved to work with the NNPC as long as its workers were not affected in the unbundling.
An NNPC source confirmed the development Thursday morning.
“Please be informed that the unions have shelved their strike.”


“They took the decision after a long meeting with the Minister.
“The meeting ended just after 4:30am and had in attendance unions that had kicked against the unbundling.
“We believe that with this development, the queues will end.”
Meanwhile, below is a communication from the GECs of NUPENG and PENGASSAN on the development.
“The GECs of NUPENG and PENGASSAN had a marathon meeting with the GMD/Minister of Petroleum (State) and NNPC Top Mgt for several hours, ending this morning @ 4:30am on the on-going industrial action.
After exhaustive deliberations, a resolution was signed by the two parties. In view of that, the INDUSTRIAL ACTION is hereby suspended.

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