The President of the union, Igwe Achese, told labour correspondents in Lagos on Friday that government must make a paradigm shift to resolve the energy crisis which has plagued Nigeria for decades.
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Joe Ajaero, the ULC President, said this at a conciliatory meeting called at the instance of the Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, with other affiliates of the proposed association on Wednesday in Abuja
Addressing newsmen in Abuja on Thursday after a National Executive Council meeting, Igwe Achese, the NUPENG President, said the strike was inevitable because of the N3 billion terminal benefits allegedly owed some sacked oil sector workers
Announcing the suspension of the strike, the NUPENG National President, Igwe Achese, said with the intervention of Kachikwu and Baru, NNPC “has done so much to ensure efficient supply and distribution of petroleum products across the country, hence, the strike is hereby suspended”
NUPENG’s President, Igwe Achese, announced this in a communique on Friday at the end of its Central Working Committee meeting held at the union’s secretariat in Yaba, Lagos
NUPENG’s President, Igwe Achese, called of the strike at a reconciliatory stakeholders meeting called at the instance of Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige
Wabba spoke in reaction to the formation by some labour leaders of a parallel body known as the United Labour Congress.
Promoters of the ULC, who announced their plans in Lagos on Saturday, elected an executive with Joe Ajaero, the General Secretary of the National Union of Electricity Employees, as President
The statement also stated that the oil and gas sector must not continue to experience the current redundancy, which had become the order of the day
The statement said flow stations should be adequately protected by the military Joint Task Force so that oil workers would feel safe to work both day and night
Achese said that the team comprised the National Judicial Council, the Department of State Service and the Ministry of Labour and Productivity
“The union states that the new drive of the oil majors and multi-nationals amounts to sabotage and that if not controlled will lead to an unhealthy atmosphere in the oil sector