“Opinions are that the Federal Government and states in the Niger Delta have relaxed their intelligence, security and law enforcement responsibility, and gave room for renewed hostage taking
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PENGASSAN said it it has watched with keen interest as the Dr. Nasir Issa Faggie-led ASUU declared a three-day warning strike before it finally embarked on an indefinite strike action on July 1, 2013 towards ensuring that the Federal Government honoured the cardinal agreements reached with the University lecturers since 2009
They therefore demanded that their request to make their presentation through a properly conducted public hearing be granted in the interest of industrial peace and harmony and also to rekindle their confidence and indeed those of other Nigerians, in the PIB legislative process
“The overhead cost becomes a paramount thing rather than the cost of living that forms one of the determinants of welfare of their employees
The meeting, which was presided over by the Minister of Labour, Chief Emeka Wogu, assured the workers that government had put in place a committee to tackle the issues raised by the unions
“Government at all levels should do what is necessary to alleviate the sufferings of these little ones that found themselves as orphans not by their own making. I do not think it is something too much for government to annually put up something for this people to run this place,” Dom-Nwachukwu said
PENGASSAN, in a statement on Tuesday, said: “Petrobras as a corporate personality including its management in Nigeria must respect due process and rule of law and ensure that the parent body of the organized labour in Petrobras, which is PENGASSAN is adequately engaged in accordance with the provisions of our extant national and labour laws, and the industry best practices before the plan divestment is finalized and as part of the process of consummating due diligence on Petrobras. Such exercise goes a long way to minimize the harrowing incidence of contingent liabilities and hindrances for the Divesting Company, Petrobras, and the Divestee that would acquire Petrobras assets and portfolios in Nigeria.
“Prior to this publication, informal and formal moves and efforts were made by PENGASSAN National Secretariat which engaged the top management of the Company to hear them out where we advised the management
He said: “The government should evolve political will to enforce all conventions of the ILO and should not just leave Nigerian workers at the mercy of the employers, who are more profit oriented at the expense of developing human capacity in the country
The battle was won after a meeting between the two unions and the companies operating in the OGEFZ